On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:35:59 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Thursday 22 February 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:04:37 +0000 Steve Long | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | > I'm saying that until there is an independent implementation, | > | > the specification is worthless and will contain huge numbers of | > | > errors. | > | | > | Seriously? Without an implementation, your spec of what should | > | happen will have loads of errors? | > | > Yes. It will describe what people think is allowed, rather than what | > really is. Perfect example -- we'd never have caught the multiple | > sourcing issue without an independent implementation. | | I'm sorry, but this was already a known issue over 3 years ago. And | yes, the way portage handles ebuilds does not necessarilly win any | beauty contest.
Which isn't relevant to what I said. Had it not been for the independent implementation, it would have remained "something that's been known to be weird for years", and would not have been documented or specified either way. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org Web : http://ciaranm.org/ Paludis, the secure package manager : http://paludis.pioto.org/
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