>>>>> On Thu, 3 Aug 2017, Mike Gilbert wrote: > I would like to remove the ban on variable references in the > HOMEPAGE variable in ebuilds.
I think this is not a good idea. For example, it would break browse-url-at-point (C-u u .) from within Emacs. > [...] > Allowing variables in HOMEPAGE would allow for easier copying of > similar/identical ebuilds. For example, see the trivial ebuilds in > my overlay below. Ebuilds are read more often than they are written. IMHO there is no benefit in optimising the latter at the expense of the former. Ulrich
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