On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:50:02 +0200 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > So the package manager is supposed to interact with an eclass > > function? That's pretty ugly. Why not just roll out a quick EAPI 5 > > that adds support for the "apply_user_patches_here" approach [1]? > > > > http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_c228be85e0c4e577ad194e6004d59062.xml > > 1) Because it's ugly hack,
Awww. You say that about everything with my name on it. > 2) it will have to interact with epatch_user anyway (at least to avoid > applying patches twice), > 3) it will work only for new/modified ebuilds so won't differ at all > from using epatch_user(). Not if we kill epatch_user... Not like it works properly anyway, and it's better to have a "works properly or not at all" feature than one that breaks randomly. The package mangler could even make it fatal (at pretend time, no less) if someone wants to apply user patches to an ebuild whose EAPI doesn't support it. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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