On January 6, 2018 8:11:09 PM EST, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: >Justin Lecher posted on Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:23:12 +0000 as excerpted: > >> As there are no consumers [1] of the virtualx.eclass using ancient >EAPIs >> I dropped support for EAPI=2/3 >> >> Best, >> Justin >> >> 1) >https://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/eapi-per-eclass/virtualx.eclass/ >> >> >> diff --git a/eclass/virtualx.eclass b/eclass/virtualx.eclass > >Dropped, past tense, the commit is already made to the tree, or will >drop >using that diff, assuming no strong objections here? > >Keep in mind that people may still be using it in the overlays even >when >it's out of the main tree. That isn't on its own a reason to avoid >dropping it from the eclass in the tree, but part of the idea of >posting >such changes here is to at least warn people maintaining overlays that >/might/ use it, so they can either port or grab a copy of the eclass >for >their overlay before the change. > >So that past-tense "dropped", if indeed that's what it was, looks a bit > >rude, not giving notice at all. But if it's "dropped in this patch, >but >this patch not yet applied, so will drop in the tree when it is", >carry- >on with the usual timing, then. =:^) > >(My non-scientific observation seems to indicate at least a week of >notice appears to be the norm, if there's no substantial changes >suggested or a wait requested. If there's a wait requested, for >out-of- >tree I'd say perhaps a month, max, no longer necessary for out-of-tree >unless you simply want to be extra nice, because if nothing else they >can >just grab a copy before the change and if they can't even do /that/ in >a >month... . Beyond that and the old version can always be dug out of >git >if necessary.) > >Either way, thanks for the cleanup. =:^)
You think a distribution should wait a month for changes in order to not break something that is unsupported? He did give you the diff if you're that concerned. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
