Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
> > Proposal No 2: > > * Leave profiles.desc unmodified > > * Introduce a new file arch.desc, which contains the "stability > > status" of an > > arch; > > > > Syntax: 2 columns, > > # arch status > > amd64 stable > > mipstesting > > sh unstable > > > > The meaning of the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Montag, 30. Januar 2017, 09:29:06 CET schrieb Kent Fredric: > --- >amd64 keywords=strict checkdeps=stable enforcedeps=stable >mips keywords=mixed checkdeps=stable enforcedeps=dev >m68k keywords=mixed checkdeps=expenforcedeps=exp > --- The problem with this is that (already

Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread Kent Fredric
On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 14:08:05 -0500 james wrote: > I do > not have access to Kent's posting so perhaps a reference to Kent's ideas? Happened on IRC, not on any ML ( though I copied a basic copy of it in another thread ) But I'm not going to reiterate it here due to its chances of introducing

Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread james
On 01/29/2017 10:06 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: So I've been talking to kent\n and the conclusion is that our ideas basically do and achieve the same, with a slightly different approach. (I still like mine better though. :) However one valid point that came up in discussions is - whether an ar

Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread Kent Fredric
On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:20:34 +0200 Mart Raudsepp wrote: > Might want a "broken" (with maybe a better name) for some of these. I > bet the ~arch of some of these is broken too, and no-one to respond to > keyword requests, just happens when it happens. > arm64 and mips are in that state too until w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread Kent Fredric
On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:20:34 +0200 Mart Raudsepp wrote: > Maybe declare from the start that any extra columns should be silently > ignored in implementations from start, as to be able to safely add more > columns in the future without breaking backwards compatibility. Maybe not silently, maybe j

Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread Mart Raudsepp
Ühel kenal päeval, P, 29.01.2017 kell 16:06, kirjutas Andreas K. Huettel: > However one valid point that came up in discussions is - whether an > arch  > supports stable keywords is a per-arch setting, not a per-profile > setting. So  > we can actually make things much easier (and the transition sa

Re: [gentoo-dev] Improving repoman checking, better idea (add arch.desc file)

2017-01-29 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
So I've been talking to kent\n and the conclusion is that our ideas basically do and achieve the same, with a slightly different approach. (I still like mine better though. :) However one valid point that came up in discussions is - whether an arch supports stable keywords is a per-arch setting