Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, Gordon Pettey wrote: > There is no requirement for category names to be x-y. https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/6/pms.html#x1-180003.1.1 "Category Names" pgpj2063_n6TN.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

On 22/02/17 02:48, Gordon Pettey wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 7:05 PM, M. J. Everitt > wrote: > > On 21/02/17 08:53, Lars Wendler wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:47:17 +0100 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > > >> Hey all, > >> > >> 1) Putting p

Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 7:05 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 21/02/17 08:53, Lars Wendler wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:47:17 +0100 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > > >> Hey all, > >> > >> 1) Putting printer drivers into "net-print" is silly. > >> > >> Something that converts format a to device-sp

Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

On 21/02/17 08:53, Lars Wendler wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:47:17 +0100 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> 1) Putting printer drivers into "net-print" is silly. >> >> Something that converts format a to device-specific format b has >> absolutely nothing to do with network. >

Re: Live ebuilds in the main tree (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] ...)

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:58:03 +0100 "Andreas K. Huettel" wrote: > Am Dienstag, 21. Februar 2017, 14:39:55 CET schrieb Francesco Riosa: > > > BTW that help a lot we, users, that want to test that package in > > the limbo time upstream has done some changes and the ebuild as not > > caught up. Othr

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: python.eclass

Hi, Similarly to the old distutils.eclass, python.eclass is now on its way towards removal. Besides the packages using distutils.eclass (and therefore python.eclass indirectly), the remaining 5 packages are either awaiting stabilization or last rited for removal. Those are tracked via bug #609750

Live ebuilds in the main tree (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] ...)

Am Dienstag, 21. Februar 2017, 14:39:55 CET schrieb Francesco Riosa: > BTW that help a lot we, users, that want to test that package in the limbo > time upstream has done some changes and the ebuild as not caught up. > Othrewise just avoid the - in tree, a lot of developer have said they > are

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/3] ruby-ng.eclass: Use eapply for RUBY_PATCHES in EAPI 6

On Sun, 2017-02-19 at 09:26 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > W dniu 19.02.2017, nie o godzinie 09∶03 +0100, użytkownik Hans de > Graaff > napisał: > > > > This also removes the need for inheriting eutils in EAPI 6. > >  > Wouldn't EAPI 6 be a good opportunity to kill this dualism and just > require pe

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 3/3] ruby-ng.eclass: Remove support for jruby in EAPI 6

On Sun, 2017-02-19 at 09:29 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > W dniu 19.02.2017, nie o godzinie 09∶03 +0100, użytkownik Hans de > Graaff > napisał: > > > > jruby has not been supported for some time. Removing support for it > > in > > EAPI 6 allows us to drop the java-utils-2 eclass which in turn also

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: net-wireless/gr-air-modes/

2017-02-21 12:56 GMT+01:00 Alexis Ballier : > On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:16:59 +1300 > Kent Fredric wrote: > > > Also, given its a - package, standards and assumptions of quality > > are typically much lower. > > not at all; a lot of people do maintain - pretty well in order to > follow upstr

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: net-wireless/gr-air-modes/

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:16:59 +1300 Kent Fredric wrote: > Also, given its a - package, standards and assumptions of quality > are typically much lower. not at all; a lot of people do maintain - pretty well in order to follow upstream and use it as a template when bumping the next version,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

> On Tue, 21 Feb 2017, Lars Wendler wrote: >> 1) Putting printer drivers into "net-print" is silly. >> >> Something that converts format a to device-specific format b has >> absolutely nothing to do with network. >> So, a new category "sys-print", emphasizing that it's hardware >> drivers, (o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

Hi, On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:47:17 +0100 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >Hey all, > >1) Putting printer drivers into "net-print" is silly. > >Something that converts format a to device-specific format b has >absolutely nothing to do with network. >So, a new category "sys-print", emphasizing that it's h

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: dev-util/wxglade/files/, dev-util/wxglade/

On 02/20/2017 08:50 PM, Mart Raudsepp wrote: > Have respect towards others and their wishes and their maintenance and > don't run over other people and maintainers. Do not run over > maintainers after a 3 hour period of bug filing This seems like an overall good recommendation to remember after r

Re: [gentoo-dev] Printer drivers and net-print

On 02/20/2017 11:11 PM, Matthew Thode wrote: > On 02/20/2017 03:47 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >> >> What do you think? > The question to me is 'is there a great enough need to > go through the pain of this?'. I would agree with this sentiment. The lesson is to put more care into naming catego