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On 15/12/16 17:03, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:49:15 + "Robin H. Johnson"
> wrote:
>> 1. ebuilds: Add eclass to export all variables from
>> /etc/os-release with a prefix: OS_RELEASE_ID OS_RELEASE_NAME
>> OS_RELEASE_PRETTY_NAME
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> 3. The distro branding package (v1) (providers of virtual/os-branding):
>- MUST have NO build dependencies that require execution (this could
> be the very first package in a bootstrap).
>- MUST install /etc/os-release
>
On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:49:15 +
"Robin H. Johnson" wrote:
> I do really agree that how we offer branding should be covered in a
> GLEP, and be very easy for downstream offshoots of Gentoo to follow.
> This would prevent future concerns like the Ubuntu branding / modified
> VM spats.
>
> [snip
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On 15/12/16 15:49, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> I do really agree that how we offer branding should be covered in
> a GLEP, and be very easy for downstream offshoots of Gentoo to
> follow. This would prevent future concerns like the Ubuntu branding
> /
I do really agree that how we offer branding should be covered in a
GLEP, and be very easy for downstream offshoots of Gentoo to follow.
This would prevent future concerns like the Ubuntu branding / modified
VM spats.
[snip awilfox's superb proposal; I agree with all of the reasons and
outcomes, b
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On 04/12/16 21:28, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> Maybe a GLEP with the contents of your first mail? If there's
> consensus for the premise and the implementation, it's easy to add
> the variables. Then it's only a matter of updating ebuilds.
I've tweake
On 12/05/2016 03:49 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Here is a separate thought. Would it make sense in any way to try to
> have a more established way to communicate with our downstream distros
> about stuff like this, like a gentoo-derivatives mailing list or such?
> I wouldn't restrict access or anyt
On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 11:24 PM, A. Wilcox wrote:
>
> The original intention wasn't to guess, but I see how PMS is more for
> things that are determined at run-time by the package manager rather
> than static variables.
>
To be clear, PMS is more about package manager behavior, and what
you're de
On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 21:13:23 -0600
"A. Wilcox" wrote:
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> On 04/12/16 20:58, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:31 PM, A. Wilcox
> > wrote:
> >> Roadmap - ---
> >>
> >> Since the shell environment is flexible, this change c
> On Sun, 4 Dec 2016, A Wilcox wrote:
> Roadmap
> - ---
> Since the shell environment is flexible, this change can be
> implemented almost immediately; the defaults specified in the Gentoo
> base profile ensure that at worst nothing will immediately change.
> As forks, derivatives, and ot
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On 04/12/16 21:21, Daniel Campbell wrote:
> How would we ensure (or encourage) that other distros based on
> Gentoo would follow this practice? Adding things to PMS isn't a
> panacea, sure, but from what I can tell it seems the goal here is
> to allo
On 12/04/2016 10:13 PM, A. Wilcox wrote:
>
> If there are no other objections to this proposal, would a PR that
> implements this against the Gentoo tree be the best way forward? If
> so, I can start work on that now while giving more people the chance
> to read over it. (Would it be more desira
On 12/04/2016 07:20 PM, Sam Jorna wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 09:13:23PM -0600, A. Wilcox wrote:
>> to read over it. (Would it be more desirable to have all changes in a
>> single large commit, or one commit per package?)
>
> I'd think this is one of those cases best suited to a branch and m
On 12/04/2016 06:58 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:31 PM, A. Wilcox wrote:
>> Roadmap
>> - ---
>>
>> Since the shell environment is flexible, this change can be
>> implemented almost immediately; the defaults specified in the Gentoo
>> base profile ensure that at worst noth
On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 09:13:23PM -0600, A. Wilcox wrote:
> to read over it. (Would it be more desirable to have all changes in a
> single large commit, or one commit per package?)
I'd think this is one of those cases best suited to a branch and merge
commit - best of both worlds.
But that's j
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On 04/12/16 20:58, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:31 PM, A. Wilcox
> wrote:
>> Roadmap - ---
>>
>> Since the shell environment is flexible, this change can be
>> implemented almost immediately; the defaults specified in the
>>
On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 6:31 PM, A. Wilcox wrote:
> Roadmap
> - ---
>
> Since the shell environment is flexible, this change can be
> implemented almost immediately; the defaults specified in the Gentoo
> base profile ensure that at worst nothing will immediately change. As
> forks, derivative
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On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:31:30 -0600
"A. Wilcox" wrote:
> ===
> Proposal for addition of distribution variables
> ===
>
> :Author:
> A. Wilcox (Adélie Linux)
>
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===
Proposal for addition of distribution variables
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:Author:
A. Wilcox (Adélie Linux)
:Date:
2016-12-04
:Status:
Request for Comment
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