Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Proposal for cleaning portage a bit (themes and other eyecandy stuff)

2006-08-21 Thread Jose Alberto Suarez Lopez
A normal user doesn't install 50 themes, install maybe 5 themes? about 100kb per theme? 500kb of waste space per user, not too much, now think how many kb wsate all the themes ebuilds, digest, etc and how much time it take to sync. On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:11:00 -0400 (EDT) "Michael Sterrett -Mr.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Proposal for cleaning portage a bit (themes and other eyecandy stuff)

2006-08-21 Thread Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
On 8/21/06, Jose Alberto Suarez Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A normal user doesn't install 50 themes, install maybe 5 themes? about 100kb per theme? 500kb of waste space per user, not too much, now think how many kb wsate all the themes ebuilds, digest, etc and how much time it take to sync

Re: [gentoo-dev] mulltiib cruft: /emul

2006-08-21 Thread Herbie Hopkins
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 11:43:13AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > someone remind me why our emul packages install in some obscure directory > tree > rooted in /emul > > if we moved these things to the standard lib32 dirs, it would certainly ease > the pain of people doing multilib building, bot

Re: [gentoo-dev] New Forums Staff : jmbsvicetto

2006-08-21 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 00:44 +0530, Shyam Mani wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > > Please welcome our latest forums staff, Jorge Vicetto aka jmbsvicetto. > > So, throw up the usual parties, say hello when you meet him and make him > feel at home :) Welcome Sir! :) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing li

Re: [gentoo-dev] [treecleaner] Last rites: media-sound/alsaplayer

2006-08-21 Thread Olivier Crête
On Mon, 2006-21-08 at 18:29 +0530, Abhay Kedia wrote: > On 8/20/06, Brian Harring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 09:14:24AM +0200, Michael Weyersh??user wrote: > > > Abhay Kedia wrote: > > > > Can someone suggest an appropriate alternate please? > > > > > > I don't know if i

Re: [gentoo-dev] mulltiib cruft: /emul

2006-08-21 Thread Olivier Crête
On Mon, 2006-21-08 at 12:21 +0100, Herbie Hopkins wrote: > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 11:43:13AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > someone remind me why our emul packages install in some obscure directory > > tree > > rooted in /emul > > > > if we moved these things to the standard lib32 dirs, it wo

Re: [gentoo-dev] [treecleaner] Last rites: media-sound/alsaplayer

2006-08-21 Thread Elias Probst
On Sunday 20 August 2006 08:18, Abhay Kedia wrote: > On 8/18/06, Christian Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The media-sound/alsaplayer package is pending removal as requested by > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for multiple buffer overflows [1], dead upstream [1] and a > > crash occurring when playing uLaw

Re: [gentoo-dev] mulltiib cruft: /emul

2006-08-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 21 August 2006 10:29, Olivier Crête wrote: > On Mon, 2006-21-08 at 12:21 +0100, Herbie Hopkins wrote: > > I've always viewed the emul libs as a temporary measure until we had full > > multilib fuctionality in portage. Afaik the only person working on this > > was eradicator who has been m

Re: [gentoo-dev] mulltiib cruft: /emul

2006-08-21 Thread Olivier Crete
On Mon, 2006-21-08 at 13:28 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Monday 21 August 2006 10:29, Olivier Crête wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-21-08 at 12:21 +0100, Herbie Hopkins wrote: > > > I've always viewed the emul libs as a temporary measure until we had full > > > multilib fuctionality in portage. Afaik

Re: [gentoo-dev] mulltiib cruft: /emul

2006-08-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 21 August 2006 13:39, Olivier Crete wrote: > Will we make emul-x86-gtk-libs block gtk+? We dont have use based > deps/blockers... building for ABI is unrelated to USE flags > how long will it take before we have API/arch based > ones. you really think having users build ABI stuff on t

Re: [gentoo-dev] mulltiib cruft: /emul

2006-08-21 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Herbie Hopkins wrote: I'm not sure why /emul was originally chosen though it's a choice I've just gone along with whilst maintaining these packages. I've always viewed the emul libs as a temporary measure until we had full multilib fuctionality in portage. Afaik the only person working on this wa

[gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Alec Warner
It has been noted that certain projects do not communicate their activities well. Many projects provide documentation for things(java), provide status updates on things(ppc), have bits in the gwn (x86,userrel,amd64), Release releases (releng), or have active webpages (adopt-a-dev, bugday) There a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Seemant Kulleen
Your concerns are well noted. The trustees in general are quiet even amongst themselves, but I hope this changes with the new board coming in next week (ish?). It's been my idea to propose that someone (tsunam was in my head) publish a trustee monthly news or something. The one I'm curious about

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Kevin F. Quinn
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:56:11 -0400 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] So below we have 3 large far-reaching projects. > > Gentoo Quality Assurance Team > Gentoo Infrastructure Team > Gentoo Portage Team > Gentoo Foundation > Gentoo Council > > All 5 of these projects are active it's

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:56:11 -0400 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I request that these teams present status reports bi-weekly (thats one | every two weeks). You don't even have to write the reports, I will | volunteer to bug you every two weeks about what is going on in your | project an

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Joshua Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Seemant Kulleen wrote: > Your concerns are well noted. The trustees in general are quiet even > amongst themselves, but I hope this changes with the new board coming in > next week (ish?). It's been my idea to propose that someone (tsunam was > in my

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Alec Warner
Kevin F. Quinn wrote: > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:56:11 -0400 > Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [...] So below we have 3 large far-reaching projects. >> >> Gentoo Quality Assurance Team >> Gentoo Infrastructure Team >> Gentoo Portage Team >> Gentoo Foundation >> Gentoo Council >> >> All 5

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Alec Warner
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:56:11 -0400 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | I request that these teams present status reports bi-weekly (thats one > | every two weeks). You don't even have to write the reports, I will > | volunteer to bug you every two weeks about what

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:21:15 -0400 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | The problem with them delivering is that many would probably just not | show up. Hence why I said 'to the council for their monthly meeting', not 'at the council's monthly meeting'. -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail: c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo-Status

2006-08-21 Thread Marius Mauch
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:56:11 -0400 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It has been noted that certain projects do not communicate their > activities well. > > Many projects provide documentation for things(java), provide status > updates on things(ppc), have bits in the gwn (x86,userrel,amd6