Duncan wrote: > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], > excerpted below, on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:24:26 -0700: > >>> Per-package use.mask is not here for another year and in the mean time I >>> needed a working solution, this is it. >> It think we can have it sooner than "another year". There are lots of >> fixes in 2.1.1_pre and I'd like to close the merge window pretty soon so >> that it can be stabilized. I'll work on a patch for package.use and >> package.use.mask so that we should be able to have it in a stable 2.1.1 >> release within a month or two. > > PMFJI but don't we have to keep compatibility with old versions for a year > (well, from my read, I believe the precedent is 10 months) after the change > hits stable, or did the discussion I remember reading a bit of decide say > 6 months was enough? > > Even if EAPI is used, previous policy would have put it nearly a year from > now, as EAPI was only introduced with 2.1.0, or was it backported? > > I've seen discussion of both points above, but no definitive policy > changes. If I've missed the decisions, others may have as well, so > maybe others will find the answers helpful too. EAPI support was in for the 2.0.X version of portage, released on Dec. 1st 2005. Generally we wait 6 months (one release cycle) for new features.
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