[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Duncan
David Leverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:03:26 +0100: > On Monday 25 August 2008 20:36:34 Zac Medico wrote: >> > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Looking at the dependencies of kde-base/kde, it seems like it would >> >> be eli

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread David Leverton
On Monday 25 August 2008 20:36:34 Zac Medico wrote: > > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Looking at the dependencies of kde-base/kde, it seems like it would > >> be eligible to exhibit the "virtual" property. > > I'm inclined toward "virtual" since it's more brief and I think it > might s

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] What features should be included in EAPI 2?

2008-08-25 Thread Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Zac Medico wrote: | Hello again, | | I'd like to get some feedback about what people would like to have | in the final EAPI 2. In planning for this EAPI bump, we should | strike a balance somewhere in between everything that we'd like to | have a

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Joe Peterson
Zac Medico wrote: >> Then change the name. Call it "zero-install-cost". > > I'm inclined toward "virtual" since it's more brief and I think it > might strike a chord with more people because of their familiarity > with the "virtual" category and old-style PROVIDE virtuals. We'll > have to see what

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:06:35 -0700 > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >>> So are all zero-install-cost metapackages virtuals now? What about, >>> for instance, kde-base/kde? >> Looking at the depe

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-kernel/linux-headers: ChangeLog linux-headers-2.6.26.ebuild

2008-08-25 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thursday 21 August 2008, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 02:57:03AM +, Mike Frysinger (vapier) wrote: > > 1.1 sys-kernel/linux-headers/linux-headers-2.6.26.ebuild > > ... > > > src_install() { > > kernel-2_src_install > > cd "${D}" > > egrep -r

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:06:35 -0700 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > So are all zero-install-cost metapackages virtuals now? What about, > > for instance, kde-base/kde? > > Looking at the dependencies of kde-base/kde, it seems like it would > be eligible to exhibit

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > So are all zero-install-cost metapackages virtuals now? What about, for > instance, kde-base/kde? Looking at the dependencies of kde-base/kde, it seems like it would be eligible to exhibit the "virtual" property. Perhaps it wo

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Add support for package.keywords in profiles?

2008-08-25 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Volkov wrote: > В Вск, 17/08/2008 в 17:24 -0700, Zac Medico пишет: >> At least a few people have expressed a desire to have support for a >> package.keywords file in the profiles [1] as a means to add or >> subtract any number values to or from t

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:01:48 -0700 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since there were some questions about ambiguity in the meaning of > the proposed PROPERTIES=virtual [1] value, we need to clarify it. > Just as the "live" property [2] is intended to have a pure and > simple meaning, so is t

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Michal Kurgan
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:01:01 -0700 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michal Kurgan wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:01:48 -0700 > > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> Since there were some questions about ambiguity in the meaning of > >> the proposed PROP

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Add support for package.keywords in profiles?

2008-08-25 Thread Peter Volkov
В Вск, 17/08/2008 в 17:24 -0700, Zac Medico пишет: > At least a few people have expressed a desire to have support for a > package.keywords file in the profiles [1] as a means to add or > subtract any number values to or from the KEYWORDS that apply to a > given ebuild. It's good feature for overl

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michal Kurgan wrote: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:01:48 -0700 > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Since there were some questions about ambiguity in the meaning of >> the p

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

2008-08-25 Thread Michal Kurgan
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:01:48 -0700 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi everyone, > > Since there were some questions about ambiguity in the meaning of > the proposed PROPERTIES=virtual [1] value, we need to clarify it. > > [ ... ] > > Eb

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=live (instead of PROPERTIES=live-sources or RESTRICT=live)

2008-08-25 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Donnie Berkholz wrote: > On 13:39 Sat 23 Aug , Zac Medico wrote: >> Please consider a PROPERTIES=live value that, when set in an ebuild, >> will serve to indicate that the ebuild will use some form of "live" >> source code that may vary each time t

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=live (instead of PROPERTIES=live-sources or RESTRICT=live)

2008-08-25 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 13:39 Sat 23 Aug , Zac Medico wrote: > Please consider a PROPERTIES=live value that, when set in an ebuild, > will serve to indicate that the ebuild will use some form of "live" > source code that may vary each time that the package is installed. > The intention is for PROPERTIES=live to hav