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+\summary{2009}{3}{12}
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+\agendaitem{EAPI-3 Proposals}
+\index{EAPI!3}
+
+Reference: \url{http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pPAJXP6shYH78lCXeqRqCUQ}
+
+    Note: The following two proposals were discussed before it was realized
+    that there was not sufficient time to discuss all of them. At that point a
+    call for objections to any of the proposals found at above URL was asked 
+for,
+    and none were made. A full list of proposals for EAPI 3 follow.
+
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item 
+ New phase: pkg_pretend\index{pkg_pretend}
+ 
+        This phase is most useful for displaying conflicting USE flags at
+        dependency resolution time(pretend), though it has various other uses
+        so that errors about installing the package can be displayed before
+        installation of packages begin.
+
+        Conclusion:
+            Approved for the draft.
+ \item
+ USE dependencies\index{USE dependencies}\index{dependencies!use 
+flag}
+
+        This may be needed when one wishes to depend on a package with a
+        certain USE flag but if the USE flag is not present in that package
+        assume it is on or off(+ and - respectively).
+
+        Conclusion:
+            Approved for the draft.
+
+ \item
+ Multislot Dependency Specifications\index{multislot 
+dependencies}\index{dependencies!multislot}
+ 
+        This allows ebuils to tell the package manager that runtime
+        dependencies are not swappable(:1 installed at runtime can't be
+        removed even though :2 'satisfies' the dependency).
+
+ \item
+ PROPERTIES mandatory in cache\index{PROPERTIES}\index{metadata cache}
+ 
+        Some information provided by this variable is useful at --pretend
+        time(interactive packages). 
+
+ \item
+ DEFINED_PHASES mandatory in cache\index{DEFINED_PHASES}\index{metadata cache}
+ 
+        Same reasons as for PROPERTIES, but is also useful for determining
+        the phases a package provides with just the cache.
+
+ \item
+ Provide a default src_install prototype.\index{src_install}
+ 
+        Get rid of the need for the src_install functions with just `emake
+        install` in them. Some discussion is needed to clear up issues with a
+        DOCS variable for extra documentation and a list of docs to
+        automatically get installed.
+
+ \item
+ Provide a `docompress` function.\index{docompress}
+ 
+        This function serves as a replacement for prepalldocs. `docompress`
+        can optionally compress files in /usr/share/doc according to a set of
+        inclusion and exclusion lists.
+
+ \item
+ Provide a '-r' option to `dodoc`\index{dodoc}
+ 
+        Providing a way to put `dodoc` in recursive mode is widely accepted.
+
+ \item
+ Make `doins` preserve symlinks\index{doins}\index{symlinks}
+ 
+        This obsoletes the `cp -R` constructs frequently seen and is easy to
+        implement.
+
+ \item
+ Limit values in \$USE to those in 
+ \$IUSE.\index{USE}\index{IUSE}\index{USE_EXPAND}
+ 
+        Certain USE_EXPAND flags may be in USE even if they aren't
+        specifically set in IUSE. Eliminate this.
+\end{itemize}
+
+    Next Action:
+        The Council agreed to have portage implement as many of these as
+        possible in a month and then make that EAPI 3.
+
+        
+\agendaitem{GLEP 54}
+
+        Thomas(tanderson) sent out a comparison of \glep{54 }and the liveebuild 
+proposals.
+        Among those discussing GLEP 54 there was a general consensus that
+        there was nothing wrong with it as a first step to get correct
+        ordering. Luca(lu_zero) commented that all he was concerned about was
+        that there was not enough 'meat' to the GLEP.
+
+        Next Action:
+            Doug(Cardoe) and Luca(lu_zero) intend to write a
+            GLEP to handle the second part of the problem(making the revision
+            available to ebuilds/package manager/users.
+
+\agendaitem{GLEP 55}
+
+        Petteri, Zac, and Ciaran were supposed to benchmark the various
+        proposals and report back. Zac did not write the code for portage so
+        Petteri had nothing to report on this issue. Ciaran commented that
+        the solutions other than \glep{55} had a 50\% slowdown in the valid 
+cache
+        situation compared to GLEP55, but did not post the raw numbers or the
+	    patches used.
+
+        Next Action:
+            Zac needs to benchmark the proposals in portage.
+
+            
+\agendaitem{Open Floor}
+\index{KEYWORDS}
+
+
+Migration of KEYWORDS from ebuilds to profiles:
+  Ned Ludd(solar) brought this up, but it came up in the middle of agenda
+  items so was not talked about much. Some points were made that such a scheme
+  would require a git conversion, but nothing was agreed upon.