Re: [gentoo-dev] GCC 4.6.* unmasked, 4.7.0 added to tree

2012-05-22 Thread Mark Loeser
. I've been looking for things to start working on again, and I could step back up and start to do some of the work I used to do for GCC releases. I'll talk with Mike to figure out how we can best split up the work. Thanks for all your work on the releases, -- Mark Loeser email

Re: [gentoo-dev] dev-python/pygobject slotting

2011-10-20 Thread Mark Loeser
bject-3 for the new gi module (in > lieu of installing pygobject-2's internal gi). I'd recommend you open a tracker bug for this porting effort. No one is going to be able to follow exactly what has been done via the mailing list :) -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Removing no-herd?

2011-09-11 Thread Mark Loeser
force existence of any > tag. Neither does repoman. So, it's just that one webpage which says > there must be one. You might want to check out the discussion on https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=279206 -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-process/acct/files: acct.initd-r1 acct.logrotate-r1

2011-05-31 Thread Mark Loeser
tter > >> how important or trivial it is. Please keep that in mind on your > >> future commits. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> [1]:http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/misc-files/changelog/index.html > > > > You are joking righ

Re: [gentoo-dev] Removal of kdeprefix news item

2011-05-23 Thread Mark Loeser
or the EAPI. This seems like the absolute easiest solution to use going forward. Having an 'eapi' file present seems workable as well, though I'm not certain which is the easiest for Portage to implement today. Are there any other suggestions, or does anyone disagree with

Re: [gentoo-dev] PyXML

2011-05-17 Thread Mark Loeser
wait for upstream to fix their packages > > instead of me. > > Some upstreams are dead and some packages using PyXML will never be ported by > upstreams to use > something else than PyXML (e.g. lxml). Then those packages should get removed from the tree. Do not start introduc

Re: [gentoo-dev] PyXML

2011-05-17 Thread Mark Loeser
es for every package that will never be allowed upstream. Why not do something more worthwhile than waste the time of having to support something that might just become a problem to maintain in the future? -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Loeser
ese sorts of emails should go so every other developer can see what's going on and ensure they are also following current policies. Don't make yet another list...that's just pointless. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Loeser
e better to do this all as one commit and run repoman with each commit. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-p2p/transmission: transmission-2.12.ebuild

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Loeser
Samuli Suominen said: > On 04/29/2011 09:26 PM, Mark Loeser wrote: > > "Samuli Suominen (ssuominen)" said: > >> ssuominen11/04/29 18:13:31 > >> > >> Removed: transmission-2.12.ebuild > >> Log: > >> drop o

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-p2p/transmission: transmission-2.12.ebuild

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Loeser
n removing an ebuild, please do document it in the ChangeLog. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Camellia?

2011-04-28 Thread Mark Loeser
you want to talk to those that administer those services. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2010-12-05 23h59 UTC

2010-12-06 Thread Mark Loeser
insaw > > A glitch in the matrix? Seems valid. It was added and removed shortly after: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/media-libs/libresample/?hideattic=0 -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Change policy about live ebuilds

2010-11-23 Thread Mark Loeser
d moved to some experimental tree. If you move them there, I don't care what policies you apply, but we should try to maintain a solid set of working packages in the main tree, which no one can guarantee with a live ebuild. I know most people aren't going to agree with me, but I felt t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-irc/quassel: metadata.xml ChangeLog quassel-9999.ebuild quassel-0.7.1.ebuild

2010-11-04 Thread Mark Loeser
e flag" > > > > -Jeremy > You've got 3 years to get rid of that local useflag entirely, yet still > 5 ebuilds use it. > So do me a favor, remove it proactively if you really want to have it gone. Please do remove the flag. The fact that there are some ebuilds in the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-x86/net-misc/aggregate: aggregate-1.6.ebuild

2010-10-28 Thread Mark Loeser
me on man, all you have to say is "clean up and update to EAPI 2". > > that is infinitely better than a useless "qa". people can easily > > interpret "QA stuff" in a variety of significantly different ways. > > -mike > > > > agreed

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

2010-10-25 Thread Mark Loeser
d" > fi > > The attached patch could be applied if EAPI="4" doesn't contain support for > "." in IUSE. > Should I apply this patch now? No, you should remove anything that relates to EAPI 4. Please do so as soon as possible. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/pygtkhelpers: pygtkhelpers-0.4.1.ebuild

2010-09-12 Thread Mark Loeser
"Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (arfrever)" said: > arfrever10/09/12 20:43:13 > > Removed: pygtkhelpers-0.4.1.ebuild > Log: > Delete older ebuild. Please update the Changelog when you remove versions of the package. -- Mark Loeser ema

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-zope/zsqlmethods: metadata.xml ChangeLog zsqlmethods-2.13.3.ebuild

2010-09-12 Thread Mark Loeser
t; MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}" > > DESCRIPTION="SQL method support for Zope 2." > HOMEPAGE="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Products.ZSQLMethods"; > SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${MY_PN:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.zip" > > LICENSE="ZPL" > SLOT=&

Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor changes in python.eclass and distutils.eclass

2010-07-05 Thread Mark Loeser
Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis said: > 2010-07-05 20:00:11 Mark Loeser napisał(a): > > Everyone else has already made valid points. I'm just picking this one > > to reply to now. Please remove the colors you have added. If you need > > a new function, say &quo

Re: [gentoo-dev] eqawarn for main tree

2010-07-05 Thread Mark Loeser
older package managers" > > > > As there was no further response and next EAPI isn't around the corner I > propose getting the ball rolling with option 1. I will commit the patch > next Sunday with needed documentation unless something comes up. Could you please

Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor changes in python.eclass and distutils.eclass

2010-07-05 Thread Mark Loeser
nts. I'm just picking this one to reply to now. Please remove the colors you have added. If you need a new function, say "eqawarn", we should have that added in the next EAPI with a description of when and where to use it. In the meantime, Petteri proposed a nice solution awhile back that would centralize this so it is not a one-off hack. Here is a link to his original proposal: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_44d395a1b887468051a1e1c049e99ba3.xml Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] My council manifesto

2010-06-21 Thread Mark Loeser
Arun Raghavan said: > On 22 June 2010 00:40, Mark Loeser wrote: > > Its quite simple.  I want to get innovation starting in Gentoo again.  I > > am tired of seeing pointless arguments and threads that don't actually > > make Gentoo any better.  Improving QA, i

[gentoo-dev] My council manifesto

2010-06-21 Thread Mark Loeser
entoo as a whole, are all things that the Council should be taking an active role in, and I want to be a part of making that happen. I told you it was going to be short :) Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT co

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council 2010/2011 - Nominations are now open

2010-06-12 Thread Mark Loeser
nominations must be sent to the gentoo-dev mailing list. If you > > were nominated and want to run, you have to accept your nomination on > > the same mailing list. > > I'll nominate flameeyes and halcy0n. Thanks, I accept. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n A

Re: [gentoo-dev] package.mask-ed ebuilds

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Loeser
g towards getting it to a state that it will be unmasked. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo calendar for tracking Gentoo events

2010-03-10 Thread Mark Loeser
mplement something that's better. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] How about a monthly bumpday?

2010-03-10 Thread Mark Loeser
ump are. With that being said, I don't really see the point of a bumpday. These day ideas are ignoring the fact that we don't have enough active developers, which is the real problem. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Low hanging bug fruit patterns

2010-03-08 Thread Mark Loeser
take days" to get it fixed? What is this even in reference to? Its not at all clear what you are trying to do. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Python 3.1: Stabilization and news item

2010-03-07 Thread Mark Loeser
the tree for a few months and nothing else works with it. Sure, gcc works just fine, but it can't compile half of the tree. I hope everyone can see that this is a terrible idea and of no use to our stable users. If a stable user really needs Python-3, they will have the techn

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: games-fps/openarena

2010-03-03 Thread Mark Loeser
e is vulnerable via multiple bundled libs and therefore shouldn't be in the tree. You can apply the patches if you want to keep it and remove the mask at that time. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web -

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in media-sound/rhythmbox: metadata.xml ChangeLog rhythmbox-0.12.7.ebuild

2010-03-02 Thread Mark Loeser
able dependencies. --force should only be used in circumstances where it is the only option. Breaking deps for an arch is not what it is intended for. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com

Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking bugs for bugday?

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Loeser
ions out there. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com

Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking bugs for bugday?

2010-02-27 Thread Mark Loeser
nd help get more useful contributions from those users in the future. Consider it an opportunity to train possible new developers. > I think if we can get a few devs and possibly some users together > to organize this in a better way, this could be useful. But if things > are to stay the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking bugs for bugday?

2010-02-27 Thread Mark Loeser
If we can't get enough developers to participate then we should just stop trying to do it instead of putting on such a poor showing. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com

Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking bugs for bugday?

2010-02-27 Thread Mark Loeser
y.gentoo.org/ fill this role instead of polluting bugzie with more keywords. I'm not really attached to one approach over the other, but atleast this little site gives the users one place to have to check for things and we can categorize them easily. -- Mark Loeser email -

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Remove "dev"-status of mips profiles

2010-02-25 Thread Mark Loeser
would be nice. I'd also love to know why we need about 150 different profiles for MIPS... -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com

Re: [gentoo-dev] Python-3.2-related changes

2010-02-06 Thread Mark Loeser
package. Its way too hard to follow a huge metabug with a bunch of packages listed in it. Also, I think the concerns and suggestions that were brought up about the syntax of this new variable should be addressed first and not ignored. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT g

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-benchmarks/bonnie++: bonnie++-1.96.ebuild ChangeLog bonnie++-1.93c.ebuild

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Loeser
g) \ > --disable-stripping \ > || die > emake || die "emake failed" > emake zcav || die "emake zcav failed" # see #9073 > } > > src_install() { > dosbin bonnie++ zcav || die > dobin bon_csv2html bon_csv2txt || die > doman bon_csv2html.1 bon_csv2txt.1 bonnie++.8 zcav.8 > dohtml readme.html > dodoc changelog.txt credits.txt > } > > > > -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpoFIU5ZXEXR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-forensics/foremost: ChangeLog foremost-1.5.6.ebuild

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Loeser
Ben de Groot said: > 2009/11/8 Mark Loeser : > > Also, please learn how to communicate in a manner that is constructive > > instead of acting like a dick at every opportunity. > > Looks to me this should be applied to some others in this thread first. > Really, aren&#

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-forensics/foremost: ChangeLog foremost-1.5.6.ebuild

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Loeser
g to the tree that doesn't comply to QA standards. Its really that simple. Don't be lazy and do things the right way, or don't do them at all. > Kthxbai, Also, please learn how to communicate in a manner that is constructive instead of acting like a dick at every opportunity. --

Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc-0.5.1 arrived in the tree

2009-10-13 Thread Mark Loeser
Neither of those things is good, and if everyone thinks that's the status quo...that really should change. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpX2U6V4nQow.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Stabilization of Python 3.1

2009-09-20 Thread Mark Loeser
absolutely great, but every single application that links to libfoo now breaks with the new release of libfoo-2.0. The things that use your package are just as important when looking to stablize something or to move it out of package.mask. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gent

Re: [gentoo-dev] Stabilization of Python 3.1

2009-09-20 Thread Mark Loeser
fix their python based apps just like it's done with gcc > stabilization. And you are mixing that up. We never mark GCC stable before we fix everything we have identified as a problem, or pretty close to everything. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email

Re: [gentoo-dev] Stabilization of Python 3.1

2009-09-19 Thread Mark Loeser
lf of their system unusuable. There is absolutely no benefit to moving it to stable. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpBOqjpyzWlZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Multimedia overlay

2009-08-10 Thread Mark Loeser
Why can't this be on our official overlays? Is there a technical reason, because we seem to just be spreading things out even more than necessary. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpcn

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA last rites for dev-libs/libowfat; net-misc/slidentd www-servers/gatling

2009-08-09 Thread Mark Loeser
Chip Parker said: > dev-libs/libowfat _does_ build. I currently have the version > complained about in the bug installed on amd64, try instead compiling > with http://www.halcy0n.com pgpZQbQ157vZB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gcc-4.4 unmasking soon

2009-08-08 Thread Mark Loeser
please file any bugs you find to toolchain. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpJWhiHk4CzC.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-dev] gcc-4.4 unmasking soon

2009-08-04 Thread Mark Loeser
have contributed and helped already, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpTWFS2O2djB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Global use flags eabled by default

2009-07-01 Thread Mark Loeser
oo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo- > x86/profiles/base/use.defaults?r1=1.1&r2=1.1.1.1 That is on a different branch and is incredibly old. To make a long story short...someone screwed up and created their own branch of the whole tree. It isn't actually being used. -- Mark Loeser email

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council 2009/2010 - Nominations are now open

2009-06-01 Thread Mark Loeser
'm having to work on other things right now, so I have to decline. Maybe the next time around. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpZqzOCwvr1q.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: information on localstatedir

2009-05-17 Thread Mark Loeser
ing it right: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION I guess what I would really like to know is...why does it matter? If something is configurable like that, then it should work regardless of what is put in. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT ge

Re: [gentoo-dev] Google SoC @ Gentoo - Universal Select Tool

2009-05-10 Thread Mark Loeser
e enhance or fix what we already have rather than creating everything from scratch? -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpUGXMzGTQ7a.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: list purpose. was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-x86 commit in app-forensics/memdump: memdump-1.0.1.ebuild ChangeLog

2009-01-05 Thread Mark Loeser
to correct them. My 2c would be that if you don't want to see them to set up a filter. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpgZsS26DXRH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for December

2008-12-11 Thread Mark Loeser
functions from trusted working directory > > http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_5ba467bbd5a0820e040210683702a67f.xml Ditto. > * RFC: DEFINED_PHASES magic metadata variable > > http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_8c34d8efbc0d31ab28c517403dc83f62.xml Same. -- Mark Loese

[gentoo-dev] An official Gentoo wiki

2008-11-11 Thread Mark Loeser
? Do you see anyway to resolve the issue you see with us having a wiki? -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpR4907laveX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for how to handle stable ebuilds

2008-11-10 Thread Mark Loeser
Jose Luis Rivero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Mark Loeser wrote: >> Removing Stable Ebuilds >> If an ebuild meets the time criteria above, and there are no technical >> issues >> preventing stabilization, then the maintainer MAY choose to delete an >>

[gentoo-dev] Proposal for how to handle stable ebuilds

2008-11-10 Thread Mark Loeser
where obscure expertise is needed. Package maintainers are encouraged to use discretion when removing ebuilds in accordance with this policy. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com

Re: [gentoo-dev] Bug wrangling

2008-09-08 Thread Mark Loeser
Second, please use full atoms (cat-egory/package) in the Summary > field, so searching is easier. jer added some good stuff up on the bug-wranglers page: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/bug-wranglers/index.xml#doc_chap4 -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email

[gentoo-dev] EAPI usage in the tree

2008-09-03 Thread Mark Loeser
prereleases, please do so in an overlay. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpCNR0gs9t8D.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-18 Thread Mark Loeser
re they have caused problems bad enough to get them retired. With that being said, I think the same technical issues come into play here as with banning someone from "Gentoo" entirely. I am not sure how we would be able to enforce this across the board for forcefully retired developers.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-18 Thread Mark Loeser
shtml They thank projects for pointing their domains to them, so I believe that the network as a whole shouldn't have a problem with this. If someone thinks I'm misunderstanding what they mean on that page, please let me know. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpuLxRnl25xF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP 56] metadata.xml USE flag descriptions [Clarifications]

2008-08-13 Thread Mark Loeser
x27;. Well, if we want to nitpick, adding a space, tab, or newline is perfectly valid, as is using ' to quote the attribute. :) http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816/#NT-EmptyElemTag http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816/#NT-AttValue -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT

Re: [gentoo-dev] Jeeves IRC replacement now alive - Willikins

2008-08-06 Thread Mark Loeser
d that they are the contact for any problems/troubles. #gentoo-cpp #gentoo-qa #gentoo-toolchain Thanks Robin, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpQFFdAQDCRS.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council 2008/2009 - RESULTS

2008-07-05 Thread Mark Loeser
Łukasz Damentko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Dear Gentoo Community, > > Here are your verified and long-awaited results. > > Gentoo Council for term 2008/2009 will be: > > Donnie Berkholz (dberkholz) > Mark Loeser (Halcy0n) > Diego Petteno (Flameeyes) > Pett

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [v3] Planning for automatic assignment of bugs

2008-07-03 Thread Mark Loeser
Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Jim Ramsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], > excerpted below, on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:29:56 -0400: > > > Mark Loeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Its a good idea, but since our users don't always pr

Re: [gentoo-dev] [v3] Planning for automatic assignment of bugs

2008-07-01 Thread Mark Loeser
br0ken!!!" and provide nothing useful to help us figure out the problem. Its a good idea, but since our users don't always provide useful reports, it seems like we are just shifting work around. Just my 2 cents, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email

Re: [gentoo-dev] Assigning bugs back to bug-wranglers@

2008-06-30 Thread Mark Loeser
t metadata.xml. IMO, b-w'ing is something that anyone can > do. I'm hoping to work on it later this week. I have been getting absolutely buried with projects at work recently, which has eaten up a lot of my spare time. -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org emai

Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Loeser
I nominate: dev-zero dirtyepic zmedico -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpjvCUmiFCFy.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-07 Thread Mark Loeser
t Gentoo to get back to doing fun and innovative things. If you are also sick of all of the politics and want to take the no bullshit approach, that's what I want to try to achieve. We are all volunteers and there is no reason to needlessly troll or bash other people's work. -- Mark Loe

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-cpp/libwrapiter

2008-05-21 Thread Mark Loeser
# Mark Loeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (21 May 2008) # Dead upstream and not used by anything # Masked for removal in 30 days dev-cpp/libwrapiter -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy

Re: [gentoo-dev] Bug wrangling

2008-05-12 Thread Mark Loeser
ct of QA) is something I've been toying around with in my head. I'd love to get an actual team set up so we can encourage users to help us get the information we need in bugs so it is less work for us. Several other distributions have such projects, so we have something we can use

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-libs/swl

2008-04-02 Thread Mark Loeser
It will be removed at the end of the month. 03 Apr 2008; Mark Loeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> package.mask: mask dev-libs/swl due to dead upstream and not working properly; bug #206163 -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-apps/iproute2: ChangeLog iproute2-2.6.24.20080108.ebuild

2008-03-30 Thread Mark Loeser
Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sunday 30 March 2008, Mark Loeser wrote: > > Actually, I'd say this should just be removed. If a user wants to apply > > a patch, they can put their own ebuild into an overlay and do it > > themselves (presumably

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-apps/iproute2: ChangeLog iproute2-2.6.24.20080108.ebuild

2008-03-30 Thread Mark Loeser
ling a bug about. If they installed an ebuild from an overlay it is a lot easier to identify what they built. Sure, they could patch the ebuild in their tree, but by supporting user supplied patches easily in this way, we are encouraging them to patch things without our knowledge. If we start supporti

Re: [gentoo-dev] Help offered - Portage tree

2008-03-13 Thread Mark Loeser
el you can't atleast work with me to solve an issue. I'm not asking if you like me or not, but if you feel you can have atleast a civil relationship to get Gentoo work done. > This is not a democratic way, let's talk > publicly here, without hiding in a development channel, we

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: flag-o-matic.eclass

2008-02-19 Thread Mark Loeser
must revert back to the previous policy with regard to changes. Just to clarify slightly: I won't be working on anything other than EAPI=0. Other people may be, but the council said in the latest meeting that they feel we should get EAPI=0 done before adding any new EAPIs to the

Re: [gentoo-dev] One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for February

2008-02-13 Thread Mark Loeser
uld have a non-moving version that is authoritive about EAPI=1. (And no, the man pages are not a specification, nor is a list of bugs...give us one document that we can point to) I can get it put into devmanual as soon as I can find the approved authoritative source to base information off of. --

Re: [gentoo-dev] One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for February

2008-02-13 Thread Mark Loeser
notice), Halcy0n, solar, and wolf31o2 -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpQD4IA7V1hk.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Adding available as a mentor bit to LDAP

2008-02-11 Thread Mark Loeser
est should be part of it. Even though I have nothing to do with (just taking something random here) openmotif, if someone wanted to come on board and maintain that, I'd certainly be interested in mentoring them (same with anything that is lacking a maintainer right now). -- Mark Loeser

Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 46: Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml

2008-01-19 Thread Mark Loeser
he tree. > - Is an additional element needed to link to upstream docs Sounds reasonable. > - Must the type of be controlled/listed/checked? I'd say we should come up with a good list to start with. We can come up with updates to the allowed values at a later date, but I do think we s

Re: [gentoo-dev] Concerns about WIPE_TMP change

2008-01-18 Thread Mark Loeser
thought this wasn't in this case. But bringing it up on this mailing list is atleast the correct place to get a discussion going on what should be mentioned when we change default configurations if that is your intention. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT or

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: USE flag documentation

2008-01-15 Thread Mark Loeser
Ryan Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Mark Loeser wrote: >> Ryan Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> c) Allow flags from use.desc to also exist in use.local.desc. In the >>> case that a flag for a package exists in both, the use.local.desc >>> desc

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: USE flag documentation

2008-01-14 Thread Mark Loeser
For example I'd like > to explain exactly what the bindist flag on freetype does and what legal > implications disabling it can have. Why can't this be done in use.local.desc? -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2008-01-14 Thread Mark Loeser
LEP number, it's a bit confusing. Note > that 55 is taken as well. It wasn't taken when I first sent it (as far as I know). I forgot to change before resending. Thanks for reminding me. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT ha

[gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2008-01-13 Thread Mark Loeser
this system to do that we can't do now? Is overriding the USE flag with use.local.desc sufficient and we just need to document the current solution properly? Please...let me know how you feel about this. http://dev.gentoo.org/~halcy0n/gleps/glep-0054.html Thanks, -- Mark Loeser

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2008-01-02 Thread Mark Loeser
to see how I can improve upon them. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgppM6XvWgvPf.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2007-12-31 Thread Mark Loeser
s sounds sane to me as well. As I said, I'm just throwing ideas out there to see what sticks :) >> The only benefit use.local.desc gives us is a fast way to list packages >> using some flags, but that's unreliable at best. If needed such a list >> could b

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2007-12-31 Thread Mark Loeser
It does, and maybe that's what we should use instead? The reason for the email is to figure out if what we have now is good enough, or if we should switch to something else. > How does the glep intend to handle USE_EXPAND? It doesn't say anything about them right now, but since you

[gentoo-dev] USE flag documentation

2007-12-30 Thread Mark Loeser
ution moving forward. I really don't want to be stuck with something that is going to end up being a pain a year down the road. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgp5KMF

[gentoo-dev] Maintainer needed for motif related ebuilds

2007-12-30 Thread Mark Loeser
o.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117057 If you are an interested developer, please start looking at these bugs and figuring out how to best resolve these issues. If you are an interested user and want to help out, please contact me off list and you can help me start fixing these issues. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser

[gentoo-dev] New-style virtuals LICENSE variable

2007-12-16 Thread Mark Loeser
(Sorry for the spam g-dev, I forgot to send this to dev-announce as well). - Forwarded message from Mark Loeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:03:39 -0500 > From: Mark Loeser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org > Subject

[gentoo-dev] New-style virtuals LICENSE variable

2007-12-16 Thread Mark Loeser
al and ask zmedico to commit the repoman change to make sure LICENSE="" in the virtual category. Thanks, [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140180 -- Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpEHiB1YmrR7.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles/updates: 4Q-2007

2007-11-06 Thread Mark Loeser
/bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198248 What are other people's feelings on using package moves to forcibly migrate people like this? It also sounds like this wasn't announced at all and the packages just left the tree. -- Mark Loeser email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com pgpXm4ASAsbex.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] evolution of x86 stabling procedures

2006-06-05 Thread Mark Loeser
possible for us to do so. I'm trying to figure out why this is a problem all of a sudden, because things seemed to be going just fine. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser - Gentoo Developer (cpp gcc-porting qa toolchain x86) email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org mark AT hal

Re: [gentoo-dev] QA subproject, TreeCleaners

2006-06-03 Thread Mark Loeser
Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I propose a new QA subproject, the TreeCleaners. > Questions and Comments are welcome, as always. This has my support. Hopefully it will help us get rid of a lot of cruft that hasn't been touched in ages and doesn't even work. Th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for June

2006-06-01 Thread Mark Loeser
tarted a new job. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser - Gentoo Developer (cpp gcc-porting qa toolchain x86) email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://dev.gentoo.org/~halcy0n/ http://www.halcy0n.com pgpe56hmqGvv5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC Maintainer-Wanted Bugs/Cleaning]

2006-05-29 Thread Mark Loeser
the tree, but just lack someone that wants to maintain them. Comments on this idea are appreciated. I wouldn't mind helping write it and maintain it, but having interest and support in doing something like this is definately going to be needed :) -- Mark Loeser - Gentoo Dev

[gentoo-dev] Last rites for media-libs/nurbs++

2006-05-29 Thread Mark Loeser
Upstream's last release for this package was in 2002, it doesn't compile with gcc-3.4 (bug #120303), and hasn't had a maintainer for a long time. Unless someone steps up to fix up this package, it will be punted in 30 days. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser - Gentoo Developer (cpp

[gentoo-dev] Binary packages that depend on libstdc++

2006-05-26 Thread Mark Loeser
he tree is going to break from me doing this. Thanks, -- Mark Loeser - Gentoo Developer (cpp gcc-porting qa toolchain x86) email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://dev.gentoo.org/~halcy0n/ http://www.h

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