>>>>> On Mon, 01 Aug 2022, Duncan wrote: > The first possible clarification fits here (I think). Something like:
> This GLEP is intended as a policy reference guide for EAPI minimum effective > times. Despite the statistical qualifications listed here no EAPI > will be deprecated or banned without specific Gentoo Council action. > (While this is implied by the "Gentoo Council will..." wording, making it > explicit could prevent later confusion/controversy.) > [...] > The second possible clarification seems to fit about here, but may require > a bit of adjustment to the text above it. > The two 24-month times are effectively additive, yielding a total 48 months > minimum between addition of an EAPI and banning of the previous one. Given > past EAPI history of at minimum a year between EAPI introductions that should > yield a minimum three years of active EAPI life before deprecation, one year > minimum as the newest EAPI plus two years before deprecation, plus two years > of deprecation, for five years total EAPI life before ban. > (This isn't entirely necessary but makes explicit the answer to one of my > first > questions reading the proposal. YMMV. I debated spec vs rational, but > decided > rational was a better fit.) I'd rather keep the text concise. For the first suggestion, the wording already implies it. For the second one, people can do that maths themselves. Ulrich
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