On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:52:13 +0100 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Again, the proposal comes in two variants: > > 2a) It is combined with a one time change of the file extension, > > like .ebuild -> .eb. > > And we're going to retroactively migrate the tree or have random file > suffixes intermixed? Not to mention we're either keeping two different > variants for a longer while, or disregarding backwards compatibility > with older package managers for no actual benefit.
No, you'd just switch extensions for EAPI 5 onwards, and keep the old rules for EAPI 4. Same idea and impact as GLEP 55, except without as much future proofing. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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