Dnia 2013-09-03, o godz. 12:24:49
Markos Chandras <[email protected]> napisał(a):

> On 3 September 2013 12:17, Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dnia 2013-09-03, o godz. 11:53:22
> > Markos Chandras <[email protected]> napisał(a):
> >
> >> On 3 September 2013 11:45, Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Hello, all.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I'm attaching git-r3.eclass and a patch to git-2.eclass that adds
> >> > ability to use git-r3 internally via make.conf switch.
> >>
> >> I am a bit skeptical about this. Why would someone want to do this
> >> apart from testing the git-r3 eclass without touching
> >> the existing git-r2 compatible ebuilds? And why do you want to do that in
> >> the first place? If the maintainer is happy with how git-r2 works with
> >> his ebuilds
> >> I see no reason to allow users to silently override that eclass.
> >
> > The goal is to give git-r3 most testing it could get before it gets
> > widely used. I'd prefer catching corner cases sooner than later.
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Michał Górny
> 
> Ok but I don't think allowing users to override eclasses like this is
> a good thing.
> Maintainers expect the existing ebuilds to work with git-r2. If they
> start getting bugs
> because a user silently overrode the eclass the this is not going to
> be pleasant.

It is not done silently. It comes with big fat warning at the top:

+       ewarn "Using git-r3 backend in git-2. Not everything is supported."
+       ewarn "Expect random failures and have fun testing."

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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