On 04/27/2012 11:01 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Zac Medico wrote: > >> Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a >> feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a >> clean solution that doesn't rely on package manager interaction with >> eclasses. If we quickly draft an EAPI 5 spec, there's still have >> time to have it approved at the next council meeting. > > Did I get it right, you are thinking about a special EAPI only for > user patches? I'd say that the feature is not important enough to > justify that.
Let's just say that it's within the realm of possibilities, and I consider it to be preferable to a solution which involves package manager interaction with epatch_user. -- Thanks, Zac