[gentoo-dev] Thanks for the rescue! Was: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Duncan
Jeroen Roovers posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:22:05 +0100 as excerpted: > net-nntp/inn-2.5.1 is in the tree and fixes many (QA) issues. [& etc] Thanks! =:^) (Not to be an aoler and metoo, but I asked some time ago and the consensus seemed to be that thanks were good even if they meant an extra

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeremy Olexa
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:36:37 -0500, Richard Freeman wrote: > On 01/11/2010 06:30 PM, Arnaud Launay wrote: >> >> As a newsmaster, I'm a bit concerned by this. > > Yeah, inn seems like a really high-profile package to mask for removal. > It would be conspicuous in its absence. > > Would it mak

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 01/11/10 09:47, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > 2010-01-11 04:55:02 Sebastian Pipping napisał(a): > PYTHON_DEPEND="2:2.5:2.6" > Dependency on Python 2.6 or 2.5. >> >> The colon (':') has two different semantics here. > > The colon is only separator of components, so i

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:02:14 +0100 Jeroen Roovers wrote: > I'm working on getting 2.5.1 in the tree (and fixing a USE=python and > some other issues while I'm at it). net-nntp/inn-2.5.1 is in the tree and fixes many (QA) issues. Please track bug #300650 [1] if you want to stay informed of its st

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Richard Freeman
On 01/11/2010 06:30 PM, Arnaud Launay wrote: As a newsmaster, I'm a bit concerned by this. Yeah, inn seems like a really high-profile package to mask for removal. It would be conspicuous in its absence. Would it make sense to post on -dev BEFORE masking packages like this? I'm sure there

[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Duncan
Arnaud Launay posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:30:24 +0100 as excerpted: > Hello, > > Le Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:05:16PM +0200, Markos Chandras a écrit: >> # Markos Chandras (11 Jan 2010) # Fails with >> -Wl,--as-needed >> # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days >> net-nntp/inn > > As a newsmaster, I'm

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:30:24 +0100 Arnaud Launay wrote: > But, if I understand this announce correctly, the complete inn > port will be dropped to oblivion. Yes, and that shouldn't (and won't) happen. > Wouldn't it be better to stabilize inn 2.5 (there's even a 2.5.1 > release out there, with a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:31:08 -0500 Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Monday 11 January 2010 16:05:16 Markos Chandras wrote: > > # Markos Chandras (11 Jan 2010) > > # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed > > # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days > > net-nntp/inn > > is as-needed support really a valid reason for pun

[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Arnaud Launay
Hello, Le Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:05:16PM +0200, Markos Chandras a écrit: > # Markos Chandras (11 Jan 2010) > # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed > # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days > net-nntp/inn As a newsmaster, I'm a bit concerned by this. By viewing bug #182782 , it seems to me that only inn <=2.4.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Tomáš Chvátal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dne 11.1.2010 23:23, Brian Harring napsal(a): > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:25:51PM +0100, Raaal Porcel wrote: >> scarabeus told me that the eclass can't be removed until two years since >> the deprecation date, so... >> >> Removal of the eclass on 2012

Re: [gentoo-dev] adding a modification timestamp to the installed pkgs database (vdb)

2010-01-11 Thread Denis Dupeyron
Brian, On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Brian Harring wrote: > The proposal is pretty simple; if code modifies the vdb in any > fashion, it needs to update the mtime on a file named > '.modification_time' in the root of the vdb. > > For example- > > 1) ${PACKAGE_MANAGER} fires ups, builds a pkg.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 11 January 2010 16:05:16 Markos Chandras wrote: > # Markos Chandras (11 Jan 2010) > # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed > # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days > net-nntp/inn is as-needed support really a valid reason for punting a package ? i dont think it is. -mike signature.asc Description:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Brian Harring
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:25:51PM +0100, Raaal Porcel wrote: > scarabeus told me that the eclass can't be removed until two years since > the deprecation date, so... > > Removal of the eclass on 2012/01/11 Reasoning? Prior to env saving we couldn't particularly punt eclasses, but env saving is

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Markos Chandras
# Markos Chandras (11 Jan 2010) # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days net-nntp/inn -- Markos Chandras (hwoarang) Gentoo Linux Developer Web: http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: kde.eclass, kde-meta.eclass, kde-functions.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Jonathan Callen
As KDE 3 has been removed from the tree, the kde-* eclasses are no longer used by anything remaining in the tree. These eclasses are scheduled for removal on or about 2012/01/11. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Raúl Porcel
scarabeus told me that the eclass can't be removed until two years since the deprecation date, so... Removal of the eclass on 2012/01/11 Raúl Porcel wrote: > This is an ancient eclass that was used when the Compaq C Compiler still > worked, but was removed from the tree some time ago. > > Remova

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-dicts/qvortaro

2010-01-11 Thread Markos Chandras
# Markos Chandras (11 Jan 2010) # Qt3 application, doesn't have a maintainer and has a few open bugs. # bug #299083. Removal in 30 days app-dicts/qvortaro Pick it up if you want to save it -- Markos Chandras (hwoarang) Gentoo Linux Developer [KDE/Qt/Sound/Sunrise/Kernel/AMD64/Bug- wrangler/Treec

[gentoo-dev] RFC: ruby-ng-gnome2.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Hans de Graaff
Hi, I'd like to request feedback on the attached new ruby-ng-gnome2.eclass. This eclass supersedes the current ruby-gnome2 eclass. It builds on ruby-ng.eclass and is used to install the various components and bindings of the ruby-gnome2 project. This eclass fixes https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Raúl Porcel
This is an ancient eclass that was used when the Compaq C Compiler still worked, but was removed from the tree some time ago. Removal of the eclass on 2010/02/01.

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Gilles Dartiguelongue
It looks like what you really want is a ranged dependencies. From the look of it though I have to second the "it does not seem intuitive" opinion as it gives another meaning to the slot syntax marker (':'). Other than that, it seems like a worthy addition to the eclass. -- Gilles Dartiguelongue

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Maciej Mrozowski
On Monday 11 of January 2010 01:25:45 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > 2010-01-10 21:56:01 Fabian Groffen napisał(a): > > On 10-01-2010 09:29:28 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > > I would like to suggest introduction of support for PYTHON_DEPEND > > > variable, whi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 11-01-2010 08:29:32 +, Duncan wrote: > Fabian Groffen posted on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:50:30 +0100 as excerpted: > > > On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > >> > Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal > >> > DEPEND is not sufficie

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-01-11 08:50:30 Fabian Groffen napisał(a): > On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > > Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND > > > is not sufficient? > > > > PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify specification of dependenc

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-01-11 04:55:02 Sebastian Pipping napisał(a): > >>> PYTHON_DEPEND="2:2.5:2.6" > >>> Dependency on Python 2.6 or 2.5. > > The colon (':') has two different semantics here. The colon is only separator of components, so it has the same semantic. Each component has strictly defined meaning.

[gentoo-dev] Re: PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Duncan
Fabian Groffen posted on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:50:30 +0100 as excerpted: > On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: >> > Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal >> > DEPEND is not sufficient? >> >> PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify speci

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND > > is not sufficient? > > PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify specification of dependency on Python. > > PYTHON_DEPEND="2:2.5" is shorter than: