On Sun, 24 Jul 2016 10:17:24 +0200 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chith...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Then ebuilds will fail just the same > > No. Before, ebuilds would maybe display an upgrading message when > they shouldn't, or vice versa. Now the eclass dies on them.
This attitude that invisible failures (which don't get fixed, and which lead to occasional weirdness) are better than visible failures (which must be fixed) is an odd one... Postel has a lot to answer for. -- Ciaran McCreesh