On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 07:36:13PM +0100, David Seifert wrote: > On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 13:23 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > it has been brought to my attention that there have been several > > backward-incompatible changes made to the python eclasses lately. > > > > It is true that everything in ::gentoo has been fixed along with the > > changes to the eclasses; however, when a change like this goes into a > > widely used eclass it breaks overlays with little to no notice; > > especially since we do not require developers to be subscribed to this > > mailing list. > > > > I do agree that overlay authors are on their own to fix things, but we need > > to > > find a way to notify them when a breaking change is going into a widely > > used eclass and give them time to adjust their ebuilds. > > > > If the old way of doing things cannot be supported > > along side the new way the correct path forward is a new version of the > > eclass then a lastrites on the old version. That would give overlay > > authors time to switch to the new eclass. > > > > If the old and new way can be supported in the same code base, a > > reasonable way forward is to allow both ways to exist while ::gentoo is > > migrated to the new code path then do the equivalent of a lastrites for > > the old code path so overlay authors can adjust their ebuilds. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > William > > > > All of this was announced with a 3 month timeout, using the right channels. > Have > you checked all python-related eclasses changes submitted to the ML? In this > case, eqawarn would not have been possible, because the change involved > dereferencing a variable.
This is the change that broke us today. https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/aa45f4f86f9b865eb0fe7344d83a7258 Where is the three month timeout for it? Thanks, William
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