On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:09:38 +0000 hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Tom Wijsman: > >> It improves usability by providing additional information. > > > > Usability is not to be found in information that is subject to > > change. > > Please also set DEPEND, RDEPEND, EGIT_REPO_URI, DESCRIPTION and the > rest of them to "", because they are all subject to change. Most of them are destructive to proper arch testing, where "" keywords are not destructive to it. As for DESCRIPTION, that is not subject. > > So, both quotes reveal that empty keywords fit very well; > > No, they just reveal that people didn't think carefully enough before > establishing that policy. Check the history instead of making wild guesses about past thoughts; if you want to rate context, give facts and references to back it up. > > by limiting its length. > > Welcome to 2014. We have tools that can aid you with dealing with big > files. Even in 2014, we clean crap; tools aren't an excuse for not recycling. > > Information that is a given; as known, live ebuilds miss arch > > testing. > > If an ebuild hasn't been tested on _any_ arch, then it shouldn't be in > the tree at all. Live ebuilds are an exception that can be in the Portage tree. If you want to suggest their removal from the Portage tree, start a new thread. > In addition, it is obviously wrong, since most people will at least > test their own live ebuilds on major arches and they are allowed to > add those keywords without involving arch teams. So, they throw proper arch testing and snapshots out of the window?
