On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:30 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> Thinking in that direction does stimulate yet another idea, tho. What
> about a squashfs root? AFAIK squashfs is read-only at use time, thus
> enforcing actually mounting something else to write anything, eliminating
> many o
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> Rich Freeman posted on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:48:55 -0400 as excerpted:
>
>> Giving it a little thought, the simplest tmpfs-based root would be one
>> that defines a tarball as a the root. The system would create a tmpfs,
>> extr
Rich Freeman posted on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:48:55 -0400 as excerpted:
> Giving it a little thought, the simplest tmpfs-based root would be one
> that defines a tarball as a the root. The system would create a tmpfs,
> extract the tarball to it, and then use the existing fstab-sys module to
> mount
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Removals:
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 05:58:25AM +, Duncan wrote
> They're seriously thinking about (and may be planning on) removing
> that option from the kernel entirely, to keep people configuring
> their first kernels from getting themselves in trouble, but of
> course that's now part of the kernel/use
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Ciaran McCreesh
wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:08:45 -0500
> Doug Goldstein wrote:
>> Is it valid to do something like:
>>
>> move media-plugins/mytharchive media-plugins/mythplugins
>> move media-plugins/mythbrowser media-plugins/mythplugins
>> move media-plugin
On 07/15/2012 03:08 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> Is it valid to do something like:
>
> move media-plugins/mytharchive media-plugins/mythplugins
> move media-plugins/mythbrowser media-plugins/mythplugins
> move media-plugins/mythgallery media-plugins/mythplugins
> move media-plugins/mythgame media-p
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:08:45 -0500
Doug Goldstein wrote:
> Is it valid to do something like:
>
> move media-plugins/mytharchive media-plugins/mythplugins
> move media-plugins/mythbrowser media-plugins/mythplugins
> move media-plugins/mythgallery media-plugins/mythplugins
> move media-plugins/myth
Is it valid to do something like:
move media-plugins/mytharchive media-plugins/mythplugins
move media-plugins/mythbrowser media-plugins/mythplugins
move media-plugins/mythgallery media-plugins/mythplugins
move media-plugins/mythgame media-plugins/mythplugins
move media-plugins/mythmovies media-plu
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> So I have the general idea,
> but doing it from an initr* with limited tools available will be
> interesting.
>
Dracut modules can specify any tools they need, and they will be
loaded into the initramfs. Obviously you'll want
Rich Freeman posted on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 08:30:31 -0400 as excerpted:
> Looking at the docs it seems like you'd need a hook for the cmdline
> stage that sets rootok (assuming it gets that far without a root, or if
> you set it to something like root=TMPFS). Then you'd install a hook to
> mount to
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Ben de Groot wrote:
> Certainly. But it is likely much more interesting work and has
> considerably more impact.
The mentoring period and the review have considerable impact too.
Whether you think one is more important than the other depends on you
thinking short
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On 07/15/2012 11:11 AM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> (Please consider quoting only what is relevant. Thanks!)
>
> Markos Chandras wrote:
>> In my opinion, the quizzes contain all the knowledge that is
>> required for someone to start developing for Gentoo.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:36:05 +0200
> Davide Pesavento wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Michał Górny
>> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:00:47 +0200
>> > Davide Pesavento wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Micha
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:36:05 +0200
Davide Pesavento wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Michał Górny
> wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:00:47 +0200
> > Davide Pesavento wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Michał Górny
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:29:59 +0200
>
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:00:47 +0200
> Davide Pesavento wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Michał Górny
>> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:29:59 +0200
>> > Davide Pesavento wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alexi
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> less idiotic
> idiots such as perhaps myself need years because we're doing
> whatever work as opposed to learning foundation bylaws by heart.
Well, I don't think the bylaws are a terribly important topic for the
quizzes, and unless somethin
# Michael Palimaka (15 Jul 2012)
# Bundles dev-python/pexpect (bug #315843)
# Replaced by ssh-copy-id from net-misc/openssh.
# Removal in 30 days.
net-misc/ssh-installkeys
On 15 July 2012 21:50, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:45:25 +0800
> Ben de Groot wrote:
>> It's not that it takes all that much time. It can be done in say one
>> or two workdays. But you need to set aside a block of time (and
>> usually two, one for each of the quizzes, or more
Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > you need to set aside a block of time (and usually two
>
> ...and you don't need to be able to put in that level of attention
> every now and again when you're a developer?
Not the same amount of meta time, no.
I agree with the estimate of about two days for the quizze
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:45:25 +0800
Ben de Groot wrote:
> It's not that it takes all that much time. It can be done in say one
> or two workdays. But you need to set aside a block of time (and
> usually two, one for each of the quizzes, or more if you need to
> break it up or iterate over it after
On 15 July 2012 21:27, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
> wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
>> Ben de Groot wrote:
>>> The first time I did the quizzes, it took me 9 months. After having
>>> been away for a couple of years, I recently returned as
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:00:47 +0200
Davide Pesavento wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Michał Górny
> wrote:
> > On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:29:59 +0200
> > Davide Pesavento wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alexis Ballier
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:26:58 +0200
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Ryan Hill wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2012 15:25:02 +0100
> Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 6 May 2012 07:33:59 -0400
>> Rich Freeman wrote:
>> > Some other questionable ones:
>> > emboss - Adds support for the European Molecular Biology Open
>>
>> We've had this
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
> Ben de Groot wrote:
>> The first time I did the quizzes, it took me 9 months. After having
>> been away for a couple of years, I recently returned as Gentoo
>> dev, and the second time I did the quizzes
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> I've been managing my own overlay and a few private ones for a few
> years now, all while using catalyst to build more or less customized
> Linux systems for me and for others.
>
> I dive into bugzilla when a bug bites, and I'll usually generat
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> Rich Freeman posted on Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:57:41 -0400 as excerpted:
>>
>> I doubt anybody has tried it, so you'll have to experiment.
>
> "Anybody" /anybody/, or "anybody" on gentoo? FWIW, there are people
> running it in gen
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:15:26 +0800
Ben de Groot wrote:
> The first time I did the quizzes, it took me 9 months. After having
> been away for a couple of years, I recently returned as Gentoo
> dev, and the second time I did the quizzes it took me 3 months.
> I've seen others take a long time doing
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:29:59 +0200
> Davide Pesavento wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alexis Ballier
>> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:26:58 +0200
>> > Davide Pesavento wrote:
>> >
>> >> > [...]
>> >> >> + # backward co
On Saturday 14 of July 2012 10:32:04 Markos Chandras wrote:
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> Dear Gentoo Community,
>
> If you are not a recruit, mentor, or wannabe mentor you may stop
> reading now.
>
> We (recruiters) decided to revert back to the quizzes for the
> recru
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Markos Chandras wrote:
> In my opinion, the quizzes contain all the knowledge that is
> required for someone to start developing for Gentoo. Yes, maybe
> it requires too much knowledge
So which is it? "All that is required" or "too much?"
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On 07/15/2012 06:15 AM, Ben de Groot wrote:
> On 15 July 2012 04:46, Peter Stuge wrote:
>> Markos Chandras wrote:
>>> understand that quizzes is not an ideal way to "hire" people
>>> either, but they worked ok for all these years
>>
>> I don't kno
On Sun, 6 May 2012 15:25:02 +0100
Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2012 07:33:59 -0400
> Rich Freeman wrote:
> > Some other questionable ones:
> > emboss - Adds support for the European Molecular Biology Open
>
> We've had this discussion before... The question is not "are people
> likely
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