Tom Wijsman: > 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? >
I don't see any sense in what you say. You sound confused.
