Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-21 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 21-10-2008 16:09:12 +0200, Tiziano Müller wrote: > > As "Gentoo Solaris" would not be the same as "Gentoo Prefix on Solaris", > > it should not share the *-solaris keywords used for Prefix via the same > > KEYWORDS-setting. > what about a new generic schema like: CPU-OS[-prefix] with the possibi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-14 Thread Michael Haubenwallner
On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 19:59 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 13-10-2008 15:27:10 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:16:01 +0100 > > Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Unless someone can say what using PROPERTIES=prefix would break, I'd > > > go with that. It's a /cl

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-13 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 13-10-2008 15:27:10 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:16:01 +0100 > Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Unless someone can say what using PROPERTIES=prefix would break, I'd > > go with that. It's a /classic/ usage of that variable, as it's simply > > a boolean; PROPERT

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-13 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:16:01 +0100 Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless someone can say what using PROPERTIES=prefix would break, I'd > go with that. It's a /classic/ usage of that variable, as it's simply > a boolean; PROPERTIES is well-defined and I'm hoping all the manglers > support i

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-10 Thread Robert Bridge
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:56:37 +0200 Marius Mauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:48:19 +0200 > Fabian Groffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Whatever. Some of you seem to have some quite agressive dislikement > > to it. In the end it's just a name/tag. I guess I could live

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-10 Thread Marius Mauch
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:48:19 +0200 Fabian Groffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever. Some of you seem to have some quite agressive dislikement > to it. In the end it's just a name/tag. I guess I could live with > anything, including c3p0. Well, while I dislike x64 I'm more concerned about

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-10 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 10-10-2008 14:40:13 +0200, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: > Fabian Groffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > - x64 is what the vendors (Apple, Sun) advertise themselves > > Err I'm sure I haven't seen any x64 in the documentation or > advertisement of my MacBook Pro, are you sure _Apple_ use

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-10 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 10-10-2008 04:21:23 +0200, Marius Mauch wrote: > > >> amd64-linux > > >> x64-openbsd > > >> x64-solaris > > > > > > Is there a special reason why you're using "x64" instead of "amd64" > > > in those cases? (IMO x64 is the most stupid name for the x86_64 > > > architecture) > > > > AFAIK, th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms

2008-10-09 Thread Marius Mauch
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:16:10 + (UTC) Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marius Mauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, > 10 Oct 2008 00:05:00 +0200: > > > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:11:01 +0200 > > Fabian Groffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>amd6