On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:22:22 +0200 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I believe we consider the user patches feature to be finalised, so > > if you want something else, it should be treated as a new feature > > rather than a change. But please don't rehash anything that's > > already been covered. > > I simply don't get why the spec obligates package managers to support > user patches while it doesn't provide any explanation how the patches > should be applied
The spec does not obligate package managers to support user patches. It obligates ebuilds to support user packages. This was all covered in the original thread. > nor any function to actually apply patches... Moving epatch into EAPI 5 is a separate feature, and one that's probably going to be controversial. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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