Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL-2 vs GPL-2+

2006-12-23 Thread expose
Yuri Vasilevski wrote: [...] > But at the benefit of having less confusion > for users about "What the heck is a GPL-2+?" for at last the same period > of time. [...] > So users will have to check what's the > meaning of that + at the end of GPL-2+, so I think it'll create much > more confusion tha

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-misc/ltsp

2006-12-23 Thread Josh Saddler
Christian Faulhammer wrote: > Hi all, > > net-misc/ltsp will be removed on 15 Jan 2007, it has been hard masked > today. There is no maintainer, we have an open security issue [1], so it > will be punted. If someone steps to take it over, you know what to do. > > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: LAST RITES - rt2x00 beta 3

2006-12-23 Thread Roy Marples
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:01:23 + (UTC) Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 > 17:08:45 -0600: > > > Roy Marples wrote: > >> Hi list. > >> > >> Not often I issue a last rites, but here we go! > >

[gentoo-dev] CAMERAS as USE_EXPAND

2006-12-23 Thread Simon Stelling
Hi all, I would like to add CAMERAS to the list of USE_EXPANDed variables. It is currently used by media-libs/libgphoto2, which can be built with/without support for the following photo cameras: adc65 agfa-cl20 aox barbie canon casio clicksmart310 digigr8 digita dimera directory enigma13 fuj

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200

2006-12-23 Thread Doug Goldstein
Christian Heim wrote: Heya, net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200 are both kernel drivers built as an external package through portage. The codebase currently in portage is the same that is present in any up-to-date kernel tarball (2.6.x). For this reason I am suggesting, everyone mi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: portage idea - auto embed user patches

2006-12-23 Thread Edward Catmur
On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 21:47 -0600, Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > Steve Long wrote: > > Alec Warner wrote: > >> http://dev.gentoo.org/~solar/bashrc > >> > >> At the bottom of solar's bashrc you will find some lines dealing with > >> AUTOPATCH, I don't see the bashrc.autopatch in his dev space, but you

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200

2006-12-23 Thread Daniel Drake
Rémi Cardona wrote: On second thoughts, I'll raise a small objection to the removal. Latest gentoo version is 1.2.0 while the kernel (gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r2) says to contain 1.1.4. I know that difference isn't exactly huge, but still, it's a step backwards. The only changes from 1.1.4 to 1.

Re: [gentoo-dev] www-servers/axis -> commercial dependencies

2006-12-23 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Vlastimil Babka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I've noticed, axis has some commercial/non-free dependencies, ie. > > sun-javamail-bin and sun-jaf. Are there free replacements for them ? > > > > Yes, sun-javamail and sun-jaf are free (CDDL-licensed)

Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles

2006-12-23 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Roy Marples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I'm going to stop you right there. > Before claiming design problems in the init system, you could at least > have the good grace to try out the most current available in portage > where you would know Well, I just sync'ed and `emerge -puD system` do

Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles

2006-12-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Saturday 23 December 2006 14:50, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > Well, I just sync'ed and `emerge -puD system` doesn't show up anything > todo, and I didn't mask out anything. So can I assume my init system > is up to date ? i'm pretty sure he's talking about the 1.13 series which he's put a lot of ti

Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles

2006-12-23 Thread Roy Marples
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:50:06 +0100 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Roy Marples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > > > I'm going to stop you right there. > > Before claiming design problems in the init system, you could at > > least have the good grace to try out the most current a

Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles

2006-12-23 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > If the lookup would go directly to checking things like pidfiles > > (where applicable) instead of the flag files, such problems would > > (IMHO) be entirely fixed. > > well that's why it's just your opinion and not actual fact ... > pidfiles are

Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles

2006-12-23 Thread Roy Marples
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:50:06 +0100 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) A simple status call to the init script checks running daemons > > and returns either 0 or 1 appropriately allowing a sys admin to > > report on crashed services and possible take an automated action. > > Yes, of

Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles

2006-12-23 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Roy Marples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > baselayout-1.13 is currently package.masked as there are still a few > upgrade/downgrade issues to resolve with the 1.12 branch. However, it > is unmasked on BSD profiles where it's enjoying great success. > Hopefully in the new year it can be moved t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking GPL-incompatible linkage?

2006-12-23 Thread Enrico Weigelt
* Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: Hi, > Right now the aac useflag enable support for MP4v2 tags writing through > libmp4v2; the problem is that the library is licensed under MPL, while Amarok > is licensed under GPL, and they are likely not compatible one to the other, >

Re: [gentoo-dev] /var/lib/init.d/* vs. pidfiles

2006-12-23 Thread Roy Marples
On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:08:15 +0100 Enrico Weigelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > baselayout-1.13 is currently package.masked as there are still a few > > upgrade/downgrade issues to resolve with the 1.12 branch. However, > > it is unmasked on BSD profiles where it's enjoying great success. > > Hope

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for net-wireless/ipw2100 and net-wireless/ipw2200

2006-12-23 Thread Rémi Cardona
Daniel Drake wrote: > Rémi Cardona wrote: >> On second thoughts, I'll raise a small objection to the removal. >> Latest gentoo version is 1.2.0 while the kernel >> (gentoo-sources-2.6.19-r2) says to contain 1.1.4. I know that >> difference isn't exactly huge, but still, it's a step backwards. > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking GPL-incompatible linkage?

2006-12-23 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
On Saturday 23 December 2006 22:35, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > I'm not an license expert Then shut up. You're wrong, it's true for dynamic linking as well as for static linking. -- Diego "Flameeyes" Pettenò - http://farragut.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org/ Gentoo/Alt lead, Gentoo/FreeBSD, Video, Sound, AL

[gentoo-dev] Wrong dependencies to postgresql

2006-12-23 Thread Enrico Weigelt
Hi folks, since jakub (as always) closes all my bugs, I'll report the issue to this list before completely giving up and never ever waste a single second on reporting bugs ... Lots of packages have an wrong/unnecessary dependency to postgresql. Three cases: a) probably traditionally depended

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wrong dependencies to postgresql

2006-12-23 Thread Doug Goldstein
Enrico Weigelt wrote: Hi folks, since jakub (as always) closes all my bugs, I'll report the issue to this list before completely giving up and never ever waste a single second on reporting bugs ... Enrico, you know exactly why he does that. Review the last bug you filed to me if you're clai

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wrong dependencies to postgresql

2006-12-23 Thread Doug Goldstein
Doug Goldstein wrote: Enrico Weigelt wrote: Hi folks, since jakub (as always) closes all my bugs, I'll report the issue to this list before completely giving up and never ever waste a single second on reporting bugs ... Enrico, you know exactly why he does that. Review the last bug you file

[gentoo-dev] Re: Wrong dependencies to postgresql

2006-12-23 Thread Tiziano Mueller
Hi Enrico Enrico Weigelt wrote: Hi folks, since jakub (as always) closes all my bugs, I'll report the issue to this list before completely giving up and never ever waste a single second on reporting bugs ... ... and we're grateful to you for that. Lots of packages have an wrong/unnecessary

Re: [gentoo-dev] Wrong dependencies to postgresql

2006-12-23 Thread Jakub Moc
Enrico Weigelt napsal(a): > Hi folks, > > since jakub (as always) closes all my bugs, I'll report the issue > to this list before completely giving up and never ever waste a > single second on reporting bugs ... Thanks, you've wasted at least one hour of my time I spent duping those bugs and de

Re: [gentoo-dev] Marking GPL-incompatible linkage?

2006-12-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Saturday 23 December 2006 17:34, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: > On Saturday 23 December 2006 22:35, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > I'm not an license expert > > Then shut up. > > You're wrong, it's true for dynamic linking as well as for static linking. agreed on both points -mike pgpAOof6Yol8

Re: [gentoo-dev] www-servers/axis -> commercial dependencies

2006-12-23 Thread William L. Thomson Jr.
On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 20:20 +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > Great :) > It was really, really ugly getting tomcat emerge'd w/ all this > commercial crap :( Blame upstream for using them. Granted the are somewhat optional more on that below. > I had some talks w/ tomcat folks Where? Who? Just c