On Sun, 2020-09-06 at 21:49 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, 06 Sep 2020, David Seifert wrote:
> > @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ _EUTILS_ECLASS=1
> > # implicitly inherited (now split) eclasses
> > case ${EAPI:-0} in
> > 0|1|2|3|4|5|6)
> > - inherit desktop epatch estack ltprune multilib preserve-libs \
> > + inherit desktop epatch estack ltprune multilib optfeature
> > preserve-libs \
> > toolchain-funcs vcs-clean
> > ;;
> > esac
>
> I count 163 ebuilds calling optfeature in EAPI 7, but only 24 in older
> EAPIs, which makes me wonder if the conditional inherit makes any
> sense.
>
> Maybe just commit the new eclass, update ebuilds, then remove the
> function from eutils?
>
> Ulrich
I'll get a lot of heat for breaking EAPI 2 ebuilds in some random
abandoned overlay because we guarantee eclass API backwards
compatibility for 20 years!
