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authorCiaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@googlemail.com>2008-03-16 08:10:13 +0000
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Text in \t{teletype} is used for filenames or variable names. \i{Italic} text is used for terms
with a particular technical meaning in places where there may otherwise be ambiguity.
+The term \i{package manager} is used throughout this document in a broad sense. Although some parts
+of this document are only relevant to fully featured package managers, many items are equally
+applicable to tools or other applications that interact with ebuilds or ebuild repositories.
+
\section{EAPIs}
An EAPI can be thought of as a `version' of this specification to which a package conforms. An EAPI