>>>>> On Mon, 18 May 2020, William Hubbs wrote: > I would like to start a discussion on checking the PROPERTIES value in > ebuilds. Specifically this could be used to check for live ebuilds > instead of assuming that the version number of an ebuild indicates > whether the ebuild is live.
> The up side of this would be that we aren't reserving a specific version > number for live ebuilds. > The down side that is being pointed out to me right now is that > we would need a function like in_iuse, but called in_properties, to > check the properties. We would need something like this because > properties supports use conditionals, e.g. > PROPERTIES="foo? ( bar )" Right (and I hadn't thought of this). I would say that this pretty much kills the idea. > I suppose another downside (and I do this, so I would have to adapt) is > that you couldn't really use one ebuild for a release and a live ebuild > at the same time any longer.A
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