-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christoph Mende wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently working on a new eclass for Xfce4 that, as opposed to the > previous ones (xfce42.eclass, xfce44.eclass), is supposed to be used > for all versions. Now the most logical name for an eclass like that > would be xfce4.eclass, except that eclass already exists. It seems like > it was used for Xfce 4.2 and has been deprecated for quite some time > now. Obviously, packages using that eclass (which is zero in the main > tree and zero in the xfce herd's overlay btw) wouldn't work with my new > eclass, so I can't just extend said eclass. Now my big question is: Do > I have to think of a new name for my eclass (was thinking of something > like xfce4-r1.eclass, which I don't really like though) or can I just > overwrite the old eclass? >
Considering that stable portage (2.1.4.4) uses environment.bz2 and doesn't need the eclasses to exist for uninstall or binary packages, and it's exceedingly unlikely that it will hurt anyone, I think you should go ahead and overwrite the old eclass. - -- Thanks, Zac -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkQh8EACgkQ/ejvha5XGaPvGACdFZMsZTAr6Qi9nyD1/zd24eb6 j00AoKBfHSrXPwUMSsC1WhSwvUVvVgad =aINW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
