On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:52:30 +0530
"Nirbheek Chauhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Interesting to note, however, that Paludis doesn't accept inline
> >> comments, and this behaviour predates PMS.
> >
> > Paludis behaviour there matches Portage behaviour at the time it was
> > written, except that instead of proceeding with garbage values,
> > Paludis gives an error.
> 
> Well, then it should be updated to match current Portage behaviour.
> PMS is not supposed to document "How portage worked at one point of
> time" or "The intersection of the capabilities of Portage and
> Paludis". It should follow the current portage's behaviour as closely
> as possible.

Do you really want to make it impossible to install Gentoo using the
most recent official release? Because that's what will happen if we do
what you're suggesting...

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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