On 08/24/2016 10:08, Pacho Ramos wrote:
> El mié, 24-08-2016 a las 16:05 +0200, Lars Wendler escribió:
>>
> [...]
>> Oh, and to all new team members:
>> Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages yet,
>> so
>> we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very old
>> s
On 08/25/2016 01:01 AM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:17:58 +
> "Robin H. Johnson" wrote:
>
>> Over the years, the base-system package herd has grown in size. Today
>> it comprises 320 packages, of which 61 of those have more than one
>> maintainer. The packages with more tha
On 08/25/2016 11:59 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote:
> Given that so much needs to be learned and a lot of trust goes into
> developers, it's no surprise that we tend to take our time accepting
> people. That said, I chalk it up to a manpower problem. As far as I know
> the recruiting and proxy-maint tea
On 08/24/2016 08:24 PM, Raymond Jennings wrote:
> This...kinda touches on a side issue. I've been a bit waylaid by RL
> issues during my quest to become a developer myself, and both of my
> prospective mentors had to step aside for the same reason before the
> process could finish.
>
> I'm a litt
On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:17:58 +
"Robin H. Johnson" wrote:
> Over the years, the base-system package herd has grown in size. Today
> it comprises 320 packages, of which 61 of those have more than one
> maintainer. The packages with more than one maintainer I'm only
> concerned about if the othe
On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:32:55 -0400
Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Lars Wendler
> wrote:
> > Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages
> > yet, so we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very
> > old systems.
>
> What's the time fra
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Robin H. Johnson
wrote:
> Over the years, the base-system package herd has grown in size. Today
> it comprises 320 packages, of which 61 of those have more than one
> maintainer. The packages with more than one maintainer I'm only
> concerned about if the other ma
Am Mittwoch, 24. August 2016, 16:05:05 schrieb Lars Wendler:
>
> Oh, and to all new team members:
> Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages yet, so
> we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very old systems.
>
That won't help anyone with upgrading.
Large p
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 08:11:38PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:17:58PM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> > net-misc/dhcpcd (upstream?)
>
> I maintain dhcpcd; I'm not sure why it is on this list.
> In fact, there is a stablereq still pending on 6.11.1-r1.
>
> Upstream i
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 04:05:05PM +0200, Lars Wendler wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:08:30 -0400 Anthony G. Basile wrote:
>
> >On 8/23/16 8:03 PM, Lars Wendler wrote:
> >> I have some kind of interest for these packages:
> >
> >Lars, maybe once we get some names we should get a meeting of
> >b
On 08/24/2016 11:32 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Lars Wendler
> wrote:
>> Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages yet, so
>> we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very old systems.
>
> What's the time frame for lifting that
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> General increase in the number of developers in base-system would not be
> a bad outcome from this email either ;-).
I am considering joining, if only to have some input and greater
transparency on decision making.
For example, I have no
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Lars Wendler wrote:
> Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages yet, so
> we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very old systems.
What's the time frame for lifting that restriction?
There are some key packages that base-sys
On 24/08/16 15:08, Pacho Ramos wrote:
> This reminds me a question I have for some time: is it documented in
> some place what are the steps to follow for updating old systems? I
> remember posts like:
> http://blog.siphos.be/2013/12/upgrading-old-gentoo-installations/
>
> but I don't know if that
On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:08:30 -0400 Anthony G. Basile wrote:
>On 8/23/16 8:03 PM, Lars Wendler wrote:
>> I have some kind of interest for these packages:
>
>Lars, maybe once we get some names we should get a meeting of
>base-system together and coordinate our efforts. In particular, I
>mostly ha
El mié, 24-08-2016 a las 16:05 +0200, Lars Wendler escribió:
>
[...]
> Oh, and to all new team members:
> Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages yet,
> so
> we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very old
> systems.
>
>
> Kind regards
> Lars
This reminds
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:17:58PM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> Over the years, the base-system package herd has grown in size. Today
> it comprises 320 packages, of which 61 of those have more than one
> maintainer. The packages with more than one maintainer I'm only
> concerned about if the o
On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:17:58 +
"Robin H. Johnson" wrote:
> Some of these packages are very niche, and while they continue to
> work, they could use a bit more attention than they get presently
> (you might only hear about them when they break and never when they
> work).
>
> They are genera
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:17:58PM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> net-misc/dhcpcd (upstream?)
I maintain dhcpcd; I'm not sure why it is on this list.
In fact, there is a stablereq still pending on 6.11.1-r1.
Upstream is reachable on the #openrc chat channel.
> sys-apps/baselayout
I can become
Hi,
"Anthony G. Basile" writes:
> maybe once we get some names we should get a meeting of
> base-system together and coordinate our efforts.
I am interested in keeping the base packages working on Prefix,
especially bash and baselayout. Please count me in.
Benda
On 8/23/16 8:03 PM, Lars Wendler wrote:
> I have some kind of interest for these packages:
Lars, maybe once we get some names we should get a meeting of
base-system together and coordinate our efforts. In particular, I
mostly have interest in those packages that make up @system for the
stages I b
On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:17:58 + Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>Over the years, the base-system package herd has grown in size. Today
>it comprises 320 packages, of which 61 of those have more than one
>maintainer. The packages with more than one maintainer I'm only
>concerned about if the other maint
On 8/23/16 7:17 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> Over the years, the base-system package herd has grown in size. Today
I've been doing some base-system related stuff because of uclibc/-ng and
musl on minor arches, building stage3's for those. My involvement has
been marginal because my emphasis is n
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