[gentoo-dev] last rites: app-pda/p3nfs

2018-03-03 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
# Andreas K. Hüttel (03 Mar 2018) # Fails to build without rpc support in glibc (bug 631044); # no maintainer, requires obsolete hardware. Removal in # 30 days. app-pda/p3nfs -- Andreas K. Hüttel dilfri...@gentoo.org Gentoo Linux developer (council, toolchain, perl, libreoffice, comrel) signatu

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc 2.16/19 for Gentoo Prefix on antique kernels

2018-03-03 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Andreas, "Andreas K. Huettel" writes: > Well, in principle the idea is OK. We already/still keep some old > glibc, gcc, and binutils versions for that reason. > > However, I have a few conditions. > > * Only masked. Only prefix keywords. Not problem for masking. For keywords, prefix-standal

[gentoo-dev] last rites: app-text/noweb

2018-03-03 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
# Andreas K. Hüttel (03 Mar 2018) # Marked obsolete on CTAN. EAPI=3 ebuild. No consumers. # Masked for removal in 30 days. Bug 644258 app-text/noweb -- Andreas K. Hüttel dilfri...@gentoo.org Gentoo Linux developer (council, toolchain, perl, libreoffice, comrel) signature.asc Description: This i

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc 2.16/19 for Gentoo Prefix on antique kernels

2018-03-03 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Michał, Michał Górny writes: >> I am on the toolchain alias, and I am interested in joining the project. >> I will be responsible to deal with all the bugs for glibc-2.16 and >> glibc-2.19. Bug wranglers' work load does not change. >> >> Yes, I apologize this will generate some noise for to

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc 2.16/19 for Gentoo Prefix on antique kernels

2018-03-03 Thread Michał Górny
W dniu sob, 03.03.2018 o godzinie 22∶51 +0900, użytkownik Benda Xu napisał: > Hi Michał, > > Michał Górny writes: > > > > I am sure you are aware that Prefix has two variants: one is > > > prefix-rpath targeting MacOS, Solaris, AIX, Cygwin, Interix and a subset > > > of GNU/Linux; the other is p

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc 2.16/19 for Gentoo Prefix on antique kernels

2018-03-03 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Andreas, I really appreciate your interest as I am try to convince our fellows. "Andreas K. Huettel" writes: > another option would be to (try to) revive glibc-2.5, 2.12, and 2.17 > instead. > Yes I know they are even older, but these are the versions that RHEL > uses, and for which RH stil

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc 2.16/19 for Gentoo Prefix on antique kernels

2018-03-03 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Michał, Michał Górny writes: >> I am sure you are aware that Prefix has two variants: one is >> prefix-rpath targeting MacOS, Solaris, AIX, Cygwin, Interix and a subset >> of GNU/Linux; the other is prefix-standalone, targeting GNU/Linux and >> Android/Linux.[1] >> >> For LLVM example, it is

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc 2.16/19 for Gentoo Prefix on antique kernels

2018-03-03 Thread Benda Xu
Hi William and Alec, Yes, I hear you. What I want to do is not randomly throwing upstream-unmaintained package versions into Gentoo tree. But the opposite, 1 specially maintained glibc ebuild serving as a compatible layer will isolate the obsolete linux kernel from the modern Gentoo tree. Syn

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due to retirement

2018-03-03 Thread Geaaru
Hi, +1 for dev-python/ipcalc I will update my issue as proxy maintainer for this if is ok. Bye On Mar 3, 2018 08:38, "Johann Schmitz (ercpe)" wrote: > Hi, > > due to my retirement, the following packages need a new maintainer: > > dev-java/boilerpipe > dev-libs/grok > dev-python/cfgio > dev-p