commit:     ac1b9f3e101f2760578f8046e59c21a1683b6a59
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 22 19:10:04 2020 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Feb 22 19:54:25 2020 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=ac1b9f3e

ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources: KEYWORDS must be empty.

Update policy on live ebuilds, as discussed in gentoo-dev:
https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/a4cc194fc387d4abffed054b523d83f8

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml 
b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml
index 181b23f..9a7a034 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/vcs-sources/text.xml
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ variables.
 </ul>
 
 <note>
-VCS ebuilds must be either with empty <c>KEYWORDS</c> or package.masked
-(but <e>not</e> both). Empty <c>KEYWORDS</c> are strongly preferred.
-This applies to "live" ebuilds (<c>-9999</c>) and to ebuilds that extract a
-static revision but still use a version control system for fetching.
+VCS ebuilds must be with empty <c>KEYWORDS</c> but <e>not</e> package.masked
+(except if the mask is for an independent reason). Usually the <c>KEYWORDS</c>
+line should be omitted altogether. This applies to "live" ebuilds 
(<c>-9999</c>)
+and to ebuilds that extract a static revision but still use a version control
+system for fetching.
 </note>
 
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