On 6/15/07, John R. Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I occasionally run across a package version dependency issue that cannot
be elegantly solved by the current dependency syntax. Every time I've
come across this, it's boiled down to a range. For example, package
some-cat/foo has the followin
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John R. Graham wrote:
> I occasionally run across a package version dependency issue that cannot
> be elegantly solved by the current dependency syntax. Every time I've
> come across this, it's boiled down to a range. For example, package
> some-cat
On Friday 15 Jun 2007 3:15:28 am Doug Goldstein wrote:
>
> Please ensure you read the entire thread to get a grasp on the issues at
> hand before replying.
>
I am involved in this thread since its very beginning but looks like I am not
being able to understand the problems. Would you please be kin
I occasionally run across a package version dependency issue that cannot
be elegantly solved by the current dependency syntax. Every time I've
come across this, it's boiled down to a range. For example, package
some-cat/foo has the following versions in the tree
some-cat/foo-4.0.0-r2
som
Abhay Kedia wrote:
> On Thursday 14 Jun 2007 8:18:27 pm Luca Barbato wrote:
>
>> If is broken we need to fix it, if is unfixable we HAVE to drop/p.mask it.
>>
>>
> ...but then that remains true for open source programs as well. XMMS is a
> wonderful example of the same. I saw alsaplayer go
On Thursday 14 Jun 2007 8:18:27 pm Luca Barbato wrote:
>
> If is broken we need to fix it, if is unfixable we HAVE to drop/p.mask it.
>
...but then that remains true for open source programs as well. XMMS is a
wonderful example of the same. I saw alsaplayer going out and then in again
for the sam
Abhay Kedia wrote:
> Don't get me wrong...I love open source and that is one of the reasons why I
> have been using GNU/Linux for many years but acting paranoid and dropping
> popular packages from tree is not something, I as a common user, would like
> to see. This is the only reason I am pokin
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 11:23:49AM +0200, Jan Kundrat wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Hélder Máximo Botter Riba wrote:
> > I'm using gentoo for 4 years, I love emerge, I enjoy to be part of
> > gentoobr( Gentoo Brazilian community ), I'm always helping at gentoobr
> > and gentoo-chat. I really enjoy
070614 Steve Long wrote:
> why is ion3 gone again?
> That was good software, with total source availability.
Licensing. Look in the archive for the gruesome details.
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On Wednesday 13 June 2007 23:46:01 Hélder Máximo Botter Ribas wrote:
> Nowadays, this list looks more like a fight ring than a dev list.
>
> I'm using gentoo for 4 years, I love emerge, I enjoy to be part of
> gentoobr( Gentoo Brazilian community ), I'm always helping at gentoobr
> and gentoo-chat.
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 23:53:51 Markus Ullmann wrote:
> Some numbers to back Vlastimil up
>
> > Yep there's still development going on, devs commit ebuilds and stuff.
>
> http://cia.vc/stats/project/gentoo
>
> > Also, as said many times, number of devs participating in flamewars here
> > is
Kent Fredric wrote:
> Gentoo is about choices, one of those choices is the choice to install
> closed-source software, or software with well documented evils, the
> best thing we can do is warn users what they're getting themselves
> into and let them make an informed decision IMO.
>
Sure, so why
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Hélder Máximo Botter Riba wrote:
> I'm using gentoo for 4 years, I love emerge, I enjoy to be part of
> gentoobr( Gentoo Brazilian community ), I'm always helping at gentoobr
> and gentoo-chat. I really enjoy gentoo.
Who stole the double 'e' from the gentoobr?
/me opens anoth
Dnia 14-06-2007, czw o godzinie 19:13 +1200, Kent Fredric napisał(a):
> Once somebody has learnt the truth, most find they can only deny it
> for so long. :)
>
> I agree a lot of the discussions turn into bitchfests,
You are feeding such discussions.
> and it seems
> many of our developers are go
On 6/14/07, Jayson Vaughn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
etc I'll be back. Love the distro, but Jesus the politics and the bitching
gets out.
From one non-dev to another:
You'll be back.
Once somebody has learnt the truth, most find they can only deny it
for so long. :)
I agree a lot of the
On 6/14/07, Abhay Kedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thursday 14 Jun 2007 1:54:51 am Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>
> But maybe Skype is not so pressing to upgrade, just doesn't provide
> distfiles anymore. Then maybe we don't have to obey, but still it's
> really questionable if it should be marked s
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