--- skel.ebuild	2007/01/01 12:18:17	1.42
+++ skel.ebuild	2007/11/12 23:12:27	1.43
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 # will be committed to cvs, the details on that line will be automatically
 # generated to contain the correct data.
 
+# The EAPI variable tells the ebuild format in use.
+# Defaults to 0 if not specified. See current PMS draft for more details.
+# Eclasses will test for this variable if they need to use EAPI > 0 features.
+# Ebuilds should not define EAPI=1 unless they need to use features added
+# in that version.
+#EAPI=1
+
 # inherit lists eclasses to inherit functions from. Almost all ebuilds should
 # inherit eutils, as a large amount of important functionality has been
 # moved there. For example, the $(get_libdir) mentioned below wont work