Re: [RFC] LTS branch of Portage

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.