On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:53:02 +0200
Patrick Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You didn't notice the large warning telling you not to use Portage
> > config files?
> >   
> I did. But how else can I compare things or move back to portage if I 
> don't like it?

You can set up a Paludis config. It's nice and easy.

> > We do what PMS requires regarding handling of inline comments
> > (which is the same as what some EAPI 0 accepting Portage versions
> > do, so PMS can't allow inline comments), and indicate an error
> > (rather than writing junk, as older Portage did) when inline
> > comments are used. 
> So you say the thing you wrote excludes things you don't like so you
> can claim things by referencing it as authoritative.
> 
> Does anyone else think that maybe there's a slight conflict of
> interest there?
> 
> I hope that PMS, as it stands now, does not become a standard. It is 
> obviously very leaky and ignores issues so that you can claim PMS 
> compatibility without being compatible to each other.

Where possible, we exclude things that break Portage. Are you
suggesting that we should instead ignore what EAPI-0-supporting Portage
does and does not handle and just document things the way we'd like
them to be?

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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