Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: status of OpenRC's public API

2013-09-25 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-09-13, o godz. 19:16:06 William Hubbs napisał(a): > OpenRC currently has a public api, consisting of librc and libeinfo > (rc.h and einfo.h are the headers); however, I do not know of any > released software that uses these, so, if there is nothing, I am > considering making this code p

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: status of OpenRC's public API

2013-09-25 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:01 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 04:27:42PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:04 PM, William Hubbs wrote: >> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 02:22:02PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> >> Hash

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: status of OpenRC's public API

2013-09-25 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 04:27:42PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:04 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 02:22:02PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> Hash: SHA256 > >> > >> On 24/09/13 02:15 PM, William Hubbs wrote:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Moving project pages to wiki.gentoo.org

2013-09-25 Thread Alex Legler
On 25.09.2013 20:38, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, but how are we dealing > with herds.xml? > > Many herds are compiled from the project pages using > element. How does that work if the project pages > are going away? > The /proj/en/foo entries will be r

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: status of OpenRC's public API

2013-09-25 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:04 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 02:22:02PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> On 24/09/13 02:15 PM, William Hubbs wrote: >> > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 03:21:07PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >>

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: status of OpenRC's public API

2013-09-25 Thread William Hubbs
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 02:22:02PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 24/09/13 02:15 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 03:21:07PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > >> Out of curiosity, what is the reasoning behind making thes

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:37:34 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:16 PM, William Hubbs > wrote: > > It seems a bit long to me, but I'm not sure how to make it any > > shorter if we include the information about why this is happening. > > I would use the newspaper article approa

Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:15:57 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: > Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 14:38:14 > Tom Wijsman napisał(a): > > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:36:56 +0200 > > Martin Gysel wrote: > > > > > Am 24.09.2013 19:49, schrieb hasufell: > > > > I wonder if it would make any sense to take the effort

Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:07:42 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: > Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 14:29:52 > Tom Wijsman napisał(a): > > > > > > 3) adding some more ugly awful magic that will make binary > > > > > packages even less useful. > > > > > > > > For binary packages a choice has to be made; trying t

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:16 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > It seems a bit long to me, but I'm not sure how to make it any shorter > if we include the information about why this is happening. I would use the newspaper article approach - put the most important and actionable material at the top, and s

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 03:19:00PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 25/09/13 03:16 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems > > that have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly >

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 25/09/13 03:16 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems > that have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly > difficult. Despite all our efforts, it already breaks in some > exotic config

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread William Hubbs
All, here is my latest update, again based on feedback from the list. It seems a bit long to me, but I'm not sure how to make it any shorter if we include the information about why this is happening. Thoughts? William Title: Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs Author: William Hubbs Conte

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Moving project pages to wiki.gentoo.org

2013-09-25 Thread Mike Gilbert
On 09/19/2013 01:10 PM, Alex Legler wrote: > As discussed [1] on -dev a while ago, project pages will now be moving > to wiki.gentoo.org. > > From now on, you must not create new documents or projects in CVS/on > www.gentoo.org. > Existing projects are asked to move the contents of their project p

Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 14:38:14 Tom Wijsman napisał(a): > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:36:56 +0200 > Martin Gysel wrote: > > > Am 24.09.2013 19:49, schrieb hasufell: > > > I wonder if it would make any sense to take the effort to convert > > > markdown docs to html format before installing them. >

Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 14:29:52 Tom Wijsman napisał(a): > > > > 3) adding some more ugly awful magic that will make binary > > > > packages even less useful. > > > > > > For binary packages a choice has to be made; trying to solve things > > > for binary packages is like discussing something t

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Sven Eden
Am Mittwoch, 25. September 2013, 11:39:20 schrieb Ian Stakenvicius: > On 25/09/13 11:27 AM, Sven Eden wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 25. September 2013, 11:05:24 schrieb Ian > > > > Stakenvicius: > >> On 25/09/13 10:51 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > >>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Stakenvicius > >>>

Re: [gentoo-dev] does v8 shared library make sense with current upstream approach?

2013-09-25 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 9/25/13 9:01 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > However, if it's possible to keep the rest of the tree using one > system package of v8 (or very small subset), and just maintain > that(those) via security backports, would that be viable? In the current state of v8, no. Latest security-supported v8

Re: [gentoo-dev] does v8 shared library make sense with current upstream approach?

2013-09-25 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 25/09/13 11:52 AM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: > On 9/25/13 2:44 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:46 PM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." >> wrote: >>> Perfect. >> >> Seriously? "Perfect" because one person agrees with you? >> >> Si

Re: [gentoo-dev] does v8 shared library make sense with current upstream approach?

2013-09-25 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 9/25/13 1:16 AM, Peter Volkov wrote: > But could you comment on how hard it'll be to slot v8 shared library? > Keeping libraries bundled is a security nightmare. Slotting v8 would be hugely impractical and rather a misuse of SLOTs. Slotting makes sense when there are at most 2-3 major versions

Re: [gentoo-dev] does v8 shared library make sense with current upstream approach?

2013-09-25 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 9/25/13 2:44 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:46 PM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." > wrote: >> Perfect. > > Seriously? "Perfect" because one person agrees with you? > > Sigh. Look at the API breaks and talk to v8 upstream - if you have a better solution to actual bugs that peop

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 25/09/13 11:27 AM, Sven Eden wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 25. September 2013, 11:05:24 schrieb Ian > Stakenvicius: >> On 25/09/13 10:51 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Stakenvicius >>> >>> >>> wrote: William, I th

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Sven Eden
Am Mittwoch, 25. September 2013, 11:05:24 schrieb Ian Stakenvicius: > On 25/09/13 10:51 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Stakenvicius > > > > wrote: > >> William, I think what Tom was mentioning here is that he thinks > >> a one-sentence answering the "Why" would

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/09/2013 16:51, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >> William, I think what Tom was mentioning here is that he thinks a >> one-sentence answering the "Why" would be a good idea to have in the >> news item, so users that don't have a clue on all of

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 25/09/13 10:51 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Stakenvicius > wrote: >> William, I think what Tom was mentioning here is that he thinks >> a one-sentence answering the "Why" would be a good idea to have >> in the n

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > William, I think what Tom was mentioning here is that he thinks a > one-sentence answering the "Why" would be a good idea to have in the > news item, so users that don't have a clue on all of these sep-/usr > issues will get an idea of wh

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 William Hubbs schrieb: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:55:49AM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote: >> Makes me wonder if the "Why?" question should be left unanswered; >> I'm also not quite sure if we can produce a short answer, can the >> actual problem be summa

Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread hasufell
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Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:36:56 +0200 Martin Gysel wrote: > Am 24.09.2013 19:49, schrieb hasufell: > > I wonder if it would make any sense to take the effort to convert > > markdown docs to html format before installing them. > > > > following that logic we should also consider converting all man

Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:57:26 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: > Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 00:30:27 > Tom Wijsman napisał(a): > > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:07:15 +0200 > > Michał Górny wrote: > > > > Why do I need a browser, a PDF reader and a Markdown viewer and > > possibly more clients to read my do

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:35 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > >> >> What about busybox[sep-usr]? Is that still supported or is everyone with >> separate /usr forced to use an initramfs? > > I'd say it's supported as long as it gives a compatible end result. > I suspect that the number of cases supported

Re: [gentoo-dev] does v8 shared library make sense with current upstream approach?

2013-09-25 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:46 PM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: > Perfect. Seriously? "Perfect" because one person agrees with you? Sigh. Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes flamee...@flameeyes.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 10:06:43 Thomas Sachau napisał(a): > William Hubbs schrieb: > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:55:49AM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote: > >> Makes me wonder if the "Why?" question should be left unanswered; I'm > >> also not quite sure if we can produce a short answer, can the actua

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 25/09/13 11:06, Thomas Sachau wrote: William Hubbs schrieb: On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:55:49AM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote: Makes me wonder if the "Why?" question should be left unanswered; I'm also not quite sure if we can produce a short answer, can the actual problem be summarized in one sho

Re: [gentoo-dev] does v8 shared library make sense with current upstream approach?

2013-09-25 Thread Peter Volkov
В Вт, 24/09/2013 в 11:46 -0700, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." пишет: > On 9/22/13 5:24 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: > > "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: > >> "compiling with versions of v8 other than what is included is not > >> currently supported." > > .. > >> For now V8 upstream gives no guarantees about API/ABI stab

Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr

2013-09-25 Thread Thomas Sachau
William Hubbs schrieb: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:55:49AM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote: >> Makes me wonder if the "Why?" question should be left unanswered; I'm >> also not quite sure if we can produce a short answer, can the actual >> problem be summarized in one short clear sentence at all? > > I

Re: [gentoo-dev] markdown docs like README.md

2013-09-25 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-09-25, o godz. 00:30:27 Tom Wijsman napisał(a): > On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:07:15 +0200 > Michał Górny wrote: > > Why do I need a browser, a PDF reader and a Markdown viewer and > possibly more clients to read my documentation in a formatted way? And why do I need a special HTML-formatt

Re: [gentoo-dev] Move m68k, sh, s390 to ~arch

2013-09-25 Thread Sergey Popov
24.09.2013 23:07, Markos Chandras пишет: > On 09/24/2013 07:28 PM, Agostino Sarubbo wrote: >> On 09/23/2013 22:41, Markos Chandras wrote: >>> (unless of course you want to increase your number of cvs commits >>> which is a worrying argument on its own) > >> 11:16 #gentoo-bugs: <+bonsaikitten> ago: