Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: News item review: SquashDelta syncing support

2015-05-17 Thread Brian Dolbec
On Mon, 18 May 2015 05:48:59 + (UTC) Martin Vaeth wrote: > Rich Freeman wrote: > > Downsides include: > > 2. Impossible to tweak ebuilds without setting up an overlay. This > > might be annoying for devs/etc. > > It is still possible to setup a read-writable portage tree > (using overlayf

[gentoo-dev] Re: News item review: SquashDelta syncing support

2015-05-17 Thread Martin Vaeth
Rich Freeman wrote: > Downsides include: > 2. Impossible to tweak ebuilds without setting up an overlay. This > might be annoying for devs/etc. It is still possible to setup a read-writable portage tree (using overlayfs/aufs/unionfs-fuse/... e.g. using the squashmount tool from the mv overlay).

[gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2015-05-17 23:59 UTC

2015-05-17 Thread Robin H. Johnson
The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2015-05-17 23:59 UTC. Removals: dev-java/openjms2015-05-12 21:55:43 monsieurp Additions: dev-libs/go-usb 2015-05-11 16:25:31 mgorny net-wireless/gr-rds

Re: [gentoo-dev] News item review: SquashDelta syncing support

2015-05-17 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 05/16/2015 11:47 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >> >> This one: >> >> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-announce/ > > First time I hear about it. Looks to be used primarily for GLSAs. > I wonder if anyone actually uses it. > For what it's worth, it's one of the three lists mentioned specifically on

Re: [gentoo-dev] News item review: SquashDelta syncing support

2015-05-17 Thread Dale
Michał Górny wrote: > Dnia 2015-05-16, o godz. 20:38:36 > Michael Orlitzky napisał(a): > >> On 05/16/2015 06:01 PM, Michał Górny wrote: We have gentoo-announce@g.o and gentoo-user@g.o too! >>> That's gentoo-dev-announce. 'dev' is the key part. And gentoo-user@ is >>> doubtedly used by sysadmi

[gentoo-dev] Re: PowerPC meeting minutes - 05/15/15

2015-05-17 Thread Duncan
Jack Morgan posted on Sun, 17 May 2015 07:14:41 -0700 as excerpted: > (b) gnome/kde desktop support --Based on whether systemd works or not, > we will evaluate continuing supporting these desktops. I believe systemd > is required for gnome for example. I'm not sure of the state of kde, > need to t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Sparc Arch status

2015-05-17 Thread James Le Cuirot
On Sun, 17 May 2015 08:36:00 -0700 Jack Morgan wrote: > (c) java support > The java team said they don't have cycles to support sparc. Support > would have to come from the sparc team or the community. Unless > someone steps up to help out with java, I'll propose to drop support > on sparc. Than

[gentoo-dev] Sparc Arch status

2015-05-17 Thread Jack Morgan
All, I wanted to send out an update on the Sparc arch team status. My overall plan is to reduce the total number of keywords for sparcto a more manageable level. I'd like to continue to have sparc be a stable arch for gentoo for as long as it makes sense. I'm hoping to get some feedback from

[gentoo-dev] IA64 Arch status

2015-05-17 Thread Jack Morgan
All, I wanted to send out an update on the IA64 arch team status. Currently, we are one of the few Linux distributions that is still supporting this arch as far as I know. Debian, for example, has stopped supporting it[1] last year. Getting access to hardware will continue to be challenge mov

[gentoo-dev] PowerPC meeting minutes - 05/15/15

2015-05-17 Thread Jack Morgan
Team, The PowerPC developer team had a meeting this week. Here are the meeting minutes from our meeting on 05/15/15. Also sending this out to gentoo-dev list to get feedback from a wide audience. 0) roll call jmorgan, blueness, JoseJX were present. rej and lu_zero responded after reading ba

Re: [gentoo-dev] News item review: SquashDelta syncing support

2015-05-17 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 17 May 2015 00:00:22 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: > No, we don't. But news items are good way to tell people that > something is happening. Look at Funtoo. Their users are happy because > developers announce stuff rather than expecting them to watch for > random things happening. When we des

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: ChangeLog kde5.eclass

2015-05-17 Thread hasufell
On 05/17/2015 10:16 AM, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Sun, 17 May 2015 06:08:56 +1000 > Michael Palimaka wrote: > >>> 15 May 2015; Michael Palimaka >>> kde4-base.eclass: Sync with KDE overlay - update SRC_URI. >>> >> >> This is a complete description of the changes made. > > OK, then that dash

[gentoo-dev] Re: News item review: SquashDelta syncing support

2015-05-17 Thread Duncan
Michał Górny posted on Sun, 17 May 2015 05:47:15 +0200 as excerpted: > Dnia 2015-05-16, o godz. 20:38:36 Michael Orlitzky > napisał(a): > >> On 05/16/2015 06:01 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >> >> >> >> We have gentoo-announce@g.o and gentoo-user@g.o too! >> > >> > That's gentoo-dev-announce. 'dev' i

[gentoo-dev] Re: News item review: SquashDelta syncing support

2015-05-17 Thread Duncan
Michael Orlitzky posted on Sat, 16 May 2015 20:45:08 -0400 as excerpted: > On 05/16/2015 06:00 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >>> >>> Do we need a news item for this at all? Everything is backward >>> compatible and most people don't need to do anything at all in >>> response to the news. >> >> No, we d

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: ChangeLog kde5.eclass

2015-05-17 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Sun, 17 May 2015 06:08:56 +1000 Michael Palimaka wrote: > > 15 May 2015; Michael Palimaka > > kde4-base.eclass: Sync with KDE overlay - update SRC_URI. > > > > This is a complete description of the changes made. OK, then that dash should be interpreted as an em dash, I guess, and "Sync