On Tue, 2021-10-05 at 17:13 +0200, Michał Górny wrote: > > > 2. What happens to the LTS branch when the next EAPI is released? > > > > I haven't really thought about it. Are you suggesting that we could > bump 'master' Portage to newer EAPI earlier or...? >
I just mean that, a priori, the LTS branch won't be able to install ebuilds that use the next EAPI. Backporting an entire EAPI doesn't seem appropriate for a stable series; but maintaining an increasingly- obsolete branch at that point doesn't make much sense either.