Re: [gentoo-dev] Removal of ChangeLog from eclass/ directory? (was: Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: autotools.eclass)

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday 14 December 2011 14:18:46 Samuli Suominen wrote: > I guess we can remove the ChangeLog from eclass/ directory since only > small portition of people seem to use it. i wasn't doing this on purpose ... just hadn't really noticed the ChangeLog in there. i'm skeptical of its usefulness

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: estack_{push,pop}: cool new helpers or over engineering?

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 16 December 2011 02:29:25 Steven J Long wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > + [[ $# -eq 0 ]] && die "estack_push: incorrect # of arguments" > > ((..)) is quicker than [[ .. ]] for arithmetic stuff, and usually easier to > grok swiftly. i'm not used to using this style, so for now i thi

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-office/libreoffice: ChangeLog libreoffice-3.4.99.1.ebuild libreoffice-3.5.0.0.ebuild

2011-12-16 Thread Markos Chandras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/12/2011 05:44 PM, Tomas Chvatal (scarabeus) wrote: > scarabeus11/12/12 17:44:48 > > Modified: ChangeLog Added: > libreoffice-3.4.99.1.ebuild Removed: > libreoffice-3.5.0.0.ebuild Log: Remove miss-named beta0. Add beta1 > with b

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Tim Harder
On 2011-12-16 Fri 06:05, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > That said, there is probably room for debate over the length of time > > we leave the bug open. Maybe a week isn't quite long enough - maybe > > two weeks is better. When you do timeout a bug and assign it to arches, it would be great if you

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread justin
On 12/16/11 2:27 PM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: > On 12/16/11 11:42 AM, justin wrote: >> I really like that you open all those bugs. But it makes no sense to >> add arches after a "time out". At least not after a such a short >> one. > > I'm sorry this has annoyed/upset you. Let me just point ou

Re: Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
> > That said, there is probably room for debate over the length of time > we leave the bug open. Maybe a week isn't quite long enough - maybe > two weeks is better. > I'd like to support that suggestion. The new process is a great thing, just give us a little bit more time to respond please...

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:27 AM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: > - people complain that a week-long timeout is too short, while after I > CC arches the answer often comes within minutes. So, I agree with pretty-much everything you said, and I completely agree that stable-by-default, object-if-you-ca

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 12/16/11 11:42 AM, justin wrote: > I really like that you open all those bugs. But it makes no sense to > add arches after a "time out". At least not after a such a short > one. I'm sorry this has annoyed/upset you. Let me just point out some facts: - in November I first wrote about this new

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread justin
On 12/16/11 12:21 PM, Agostino Sarubbo wrote: > On Friday 16 December 2011 06:10:13 Anthony G. Basile wrote: >> Does your script do any checking on the quality of the ebuild, eg that >> it respects C/LDFLAGS. If so, that's useful and would help package >> maintainers to better prepare their ebuild

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Agostino Sarubbo
On Friday 16 December 2011 06:10:13 Anthony G. Basile wrote: > Does your script do any checking on the quality of the ebuild, eg that > it respects C/LDFLAGS. If so, that's useful and would help package > maintainers to better prepare their ebuilds for stabilization. Unfortunately no. For LDFLAG

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: kde-misc/kcheckgmail

2011-12-16 Thread Johannes Huber
# Johannes Huber (16 Dec 2011) # Masked for removal in 30 days. Dead upstream. Package # is not full functional. Last release was on 2010-01-14. # See bug #394881 kde-misc/kcheckgmail -- Johannes Huber (johu) Gentoo Linux Developer / KDE Team GPG Key ID F3CFD2BD signature.asc Description: Th

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Anthony G. Basile
On 12/16/2011 06:06 AM, Agostino Sarubbo wrote: > On Friday 16 December 2011 11:42:15 justin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I really like that you open all those bugs. But it makes no sense to add >> arches after a "time out". > Personally, I agree with have "more stable packages in tree", but I just > poin

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Brian Harring
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:42:15AM +0100, justin wrote: > Hi, > > I really like that you open all those bugs. But it makes no sense to add > arches after a "time out". At least not after a such a short one. The > maintainer is responsible for the package, that means it is their > responsibility to

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread Agostino Sarubbo
On Friday 16 December 2011 11:42:15 justin wrote: > Hi, > > I really like that you open all those bugs. But it makes no sense to add > arches after a "time out". Personally, I agree with have "more stable packages in tree", but I just point out one thing. If me, or another arch tester find ebui

Re: [gentoo-dev] making the stable tree more up-to-date

2011-12-16 Thread justin
Hi, I really like that you open all those bugs. But it makes no sense to add arches after a "time out". At least not after a such a short one. The maintainer is responsible for the package, that means it is their responsibility to decide that a package should go stable. In addition they have to ma