On Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:37:35 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Apr 17, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > The xorg-2 eclass currently uses the deprecated autotools-utils and > > autotools-multilib eclasses, which are banned in EAPI 6. > > > > This patchset attempts to remove any trace of autotools-utils from ebuilds > > using xorg-2. > > > > Note that I am touching stable ebuilds here to avoid forking an "xorg-3" > > eclass. If there is a strong feeling that this is too dangerous, I can alter > > my approach. I have build tested most packages using xorg-2, and only a few > > had issues. > > > > Although I commend you for these efforts, given that this deprecation is also > linked to EAPI6, why not instead bump to XORG-3 requiring EAPI6, take > advantage of all the simplifications, and this will allow/enforce migration > of all the ebuilds as well in turn? > > It would be nice for instance to drop the epatch stuffs at the same time, if > we could... +1. This is really a good point to look again at what exactly needs to be in the eclass, and clean everything up. -- Best regards, Michał Górny <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>
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