[gentoo-dev] Re: renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-06 Thread Duncan
Ian Stakenvicius posted on Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:47:05 -0400 as excerpted: > Or alternatively, rc-net ? > > (google seems to reference 'rc' as 'remote control' as in race cars, > airplanes, etc; but given /etc/rc.* and /etc/init* have been around > forever and have always been called the "rc" syste

Re: [gentoo-dev] Response to a "friendly note" about changing bug reports

2013-08-06 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Dienstag, 6. August 2013, 23:46:08 schrieb Jeroen Roovers: > 23:37:25 rej, you have notes! [21:13] Let me > rephrase this: Just a friendly notice to please refrain from rephrasing > bug summaries from "Stabilize ${P}" to "${P} stable req". This just > adds unneeded noise to the bug. I don't w

[gentoo-dev] Response to a "friendly note" about changing bug reports

2013-08-06 Thread Jeroen Roovers
23:37:25 rej, you have notes! [21:13] Let me rephrase this: Just a friendly notice to please refrain from rephrasing bug summaries from "Stabilize ${P}" to "${P} stable req". This just adds unneeded noise to the bug. I don't want this on bugs I've reported or am assigned to. This is my equally

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 21:33:02 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 16:22:48 -0400 > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:44:57 +0100 > > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:31:14 -0400 > > > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > > > Well, ok, but this doesn't relate to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 16:39:14 -0400 Alexis Ballier wrote: > This is not a regression from my definition: > > Software regression, the appearance of a bug which was absent in a > previous revision A bug in this case is one of the user's packages no longer working after an upgrade, or any of the mor

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:28:06 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 06/08/13 04:22 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:44:57 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh > > wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:31:14 -0400 Alexis Ballier > >> wrote:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Dropping static libs support from cryptsetup and lvm2

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/08/13 04:17 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > On 30/07/13 04:42 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote: > >> cryptsetup upstream installed minimal Gentoo setup and tested our >> handling of 'static' and was disappointed finding them broken > >> https://bugs.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 16:22:48 -0400 Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:44:57 +0100 > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:31:14 -0400 > > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > > Well, ok, but this doesn't relate to what I was writing. Subslot, > > > or slot emulators or whatever, in the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/08/13 04:22 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:44:57 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh > wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:31:14 -0400 Alexis Ballier >> wrote: >>> Well, ok, but this doesn't relate to what I was writing. >>> Subslot, or s

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:44:57 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:31:14 -0400 > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > Well, ok, but this doesn't relate to what I was writing. Subslot, or > > slot emulators or whatever, in their current usage with := > > dependencies, are not fine grained enou

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Dropping static libs support from cryptsetup and lvm2

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 30/07/13 04:42 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote: > > cryptsetup upstream installed minimal Gentoo setup and tested our > handling of 'static' and was disappointed finding them broken > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438998 - RESO/TEST - > c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:31:14 -0400 Alexis Ballier wrote: > Well, ok, but this doesn't relate to what I was writing. Subslot, or > slot emulators or whatever, in their current usage with := > dependencies, are not fine grained enough for some use cases. Those > cause regressions if used improperly.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 19:25:15 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:12:06 -0400 > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:41:59 +0100 > > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:05:07 -0400 > > > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > > > 'occasional unnecessary rebuild' is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:12:06 -0400 Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:41:59 +0100 > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:05:07 -0400 > > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > > 'occasional unnecessary rebuild' is a big deal since subslots > > > introduce this regression... > > > > Er,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:41:59 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:05:07 -0400 > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > 'occasional unnecessary rebuild' is a big deal since subslots > > introduce this regression... > > Er, no. Subslots just simplify the way accurate slot dependencies are > exp

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 13:05:07 -0400 Alexis Ballier wrote: > 'occasional unnecessary rebuild' is a big deal since subslots > introduce this regression... Er, no. Subslots just simplify the way accurate slot dependencies are expressed. That's all they are: an alternative to having a larger number of

Re: [gentoo-dev] renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-06 Thread Marc Schiffbauer
Am Dienstag, 6. August 2013, 11:26:16 schrieb William Hubbs: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 10:09:54PM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > > I'm replying the start of this thread, rather than picking a single > > person to respond to. I DO want more brainstorming on ideas for the > > naming of the package,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 17:30:56 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:16:57 -0400 > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 16:25:12 +0100 > > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:49:49 -0400 > > > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > > > Again, symbols have nothing to do he

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:16:57 -0400 Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 16:25:12 +0100 > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:49:49 -0400 > > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > > Again, symbols have nothing to do here. Since you have poor > > > control on overlays and absolutely zero con

Re: [gentoo-dev] renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-06 Thread William Hubbs
On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 10:09:54PM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > I'm replying the start of this thread, rather than picking a single > person to respond to. I DO want more brainstorming on ideas for the > naming of the package, and I think people need to cast a wider net for > naming ideas. Rob

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 16:25:12 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:49:49 -0400 > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > Again, symbols have nothing to do here. Since you have poor control > > on overlays and absolutely zero control on locally built packages, > > the only sane assumption is that

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:49:49 -0400 Alexis Ballier wrote: > Again, symbols have nothing to do here. Since you have poor control on > overlays and absolutely zero control on locally built packages, the > only sane assumption is that all symbols are used. And that answers your question as to why the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:21:52 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > > subslot = concatenation of the subslots of all (positive? if it > > makes sense) dependencies; updated when said dependencies get their > > subslot changed. > > > > this seems to fit well for a virtual and should be in line with > > w

Re: [gentoo-dev] renaming gentoo-oldnet

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/08/13 09:45 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > On 08/05/2013 06:09 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: >> - netrc (conflicts) > > Would naming it net-rc alleviate the perceived conflict? > Or alternatively, rc-net ? (google seems to reference 'rc' as 'r

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/08/13 10:21 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > On 05/08/13 01:58 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:28:54 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh >> wrote: > >>> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 12:51:48 -0400 Alexis Ballier >>> wrote: > Not really. There'

Re: [gentoo-dev] status of security improvments (GLEPs 57-61)

2013-08-06 Thread Alex Xu
On 06/08/13 10:02 AM, hasufell wrote: > It seems none of them (except the overview GLEP 57) are implemented yet, > although they are roughly 6-8 years old. > > What is holding it back? Is it just that we don't have a PM > implementation yet or is it some political nonsense and PMS blocking > progr

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/08/13 01:58 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:28:54 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh > wrote: > >> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 12:51:48 -0400 Alexis Ballier >> wrote: Not really. There's a tradeoff between dependencies that are occasi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/08/13 01:07 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Alexis Ballier > wrote: >> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:10:46 +0200 Michał Górny >> wrote: >>> We can simply have multiple virtual versions, each depending on >>> the proper jpeg

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/08/13 12:51 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 17:36:49 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh > wrote: > >> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 12:22:32 -0400 Alexis Ballier >> wrote: >>> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 17:13:49 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh >>> wrote: On Tue,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remember to specify SLOT when adding subslot operator to dependencies

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/08/13 12:10 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > Dnia 2013-08-05, o godz. 11:50:38 Alexis Ballier > napisał(a): > >> On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:06:33 +0300 Samuli Suominen >> wrote: >>> The plan is to change SLOT of virtual/jpeg from "0" to eg. >>> "0/1" a

[gentoo-dev] status of security improvments (GLEPs 57-61)

2013-08-06 Thread hasufell
It seems none of them (except the overview GLEP 57) are implemented yet, although they are roughly 6-8 years old. What is holding it back? Is it just that we don't have a PM implementation yet or is it some political nonsense and PMS blocking progress again? I am not criticizing the portage team

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flag descriptions

2013-08-06 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 13:57:55 +0200 Ulrich Mueller wrote: > Currently, USE flag descriptions are a mix of imperative ("Enable") > and indicative ("Enables") forms, the former occuring more often: > >Enable : Enables = 2143 : 408 >Add : Adds = 525 : 341 >Build : Builds =