Re: Version Naming Clarification

Stephen Bennett wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 22:38:49 +0100
> Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranmciaranm.org> wrote:
> 
>> If Portage currently happens to, say, disable
sandbox if an ebuild
>> sets GIVE_ME_A_COOKIE="yes" globally, it
does not mean that ebuilds
>> may rely upon this behaviour, nor does it mean that
Portage cannot
>> change in such a way that breaks this behaviour.
The acceptance
>> question is relevant only for legitimate behaviour;
things accepted
>> by fluke aren't considered accepted.
> 
> However, the fact that Portage currently accepts it is
tangentially
> related to the matter at hand, because it's a piece of
code that may
> get confused by this sort of ambiguity. Fortunately
it's (relatively
> speaking) trivial to fix, because the ambiguity only
happens due to
> behaviour that shouldn't really be there.


Can you and Ciaran update the PMS to be specific and clear
on this 
point? Cause I think everyone is in agreement here and all
technical 
issues have been addressed. Unless I missed something.

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