Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org

2009-10-01 Thread Tiziano Müller
Am Mittwoch, den 30.09.2009, 17:57 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Pipping: > Fabian Groffen wrote: > > Point remains that it looks in-consistant, for repo, name is an > > attribute, while for owner it is a sub-element. Why having attributes > > in the first place anyway? > > It's closer to the original

Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org

2009-10-01 Thread Tiziano Müller
Am Mittwoch, den 30.09.2009, 18:17 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Pipping: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > Sure. Just periodically fetch the repository centrally. Have a master > > list of sync URLs with expected repository names, and use that to > > generate the full master list that includes metadata. > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org

2009-10-01 Thread Robert Buchholz
On Thursday 01 October 2009, Tiziano Müller wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 30.09.2009, 18:17 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Pipping: > > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > Sure. Just periodically fetch the repository centrally. Have a > > > master list of sync URLs with expected repository names, and use > > > that

[gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for October

2009-10-01 Thread Mike Frysinger
This is your monthly friendly reminder ! Same bat time (typically the 3rd Thursday at 1800 UTC / 2000 CET / 1400 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council @ irc.freenode.net) ! If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote on, let us know ! Simply reply to this e-mail for

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Add operator + for licenses (EAPI-4 ?)

2009-10-01 Thread volkmar
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 04:01:29AM +0200, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > Zac Medico wrote: > >> I propose support for license groups in ebuilds then, I guess. > > > > That seems like a reasonable solution. So, an ebuild can do > > something like LICENSE="@GPL-2+" and that will expand to whatever > > t

Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org

2009-10-01 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Tiziano Müller wrote: >> What if that metadata format changes later or is extended by >> additional required entries? > How about using the power of xml and version the schemas? As long as the > metadata-file specifies the respective dtd/xsd/relaxng you know exactly > how to validate (and parse)

Re: [gentoo-dev] [rfc] layman-global.txt, repositories.xml, layman, overlays.gentoo.org

2009-10-01 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Tiziano Müller wrote: > A simple rule of thumb is: use attributes for values with predefined > contents, use elements otherwise. So, make "name" an element please. Okay, let's give it a try. http://git.goodpoint.de/?p=overlays-xml-specification.git;a=commitdiff;h=8b10c5c7fd5b42bb5540fd686e0d97f5d

[gentoo-dev] Xorg 1.6/libxcb 1.4 stabilization news item

2009-10-01 Thread Rémi Cardona
Hi guys, Could anyone write up a one-liner news item for the xorg-server 1.6 stabilization with there 2 upgrade guides : http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/libxcb-1.4-upgrade-guide.xml I tried figuring out

[gentoo-dev] last rites: games-action/astromenace-bin

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Sterrett
# Doesn't work with newer openal. Use games-action/openastromenace instead. games-action/astromenace-bin

Re: [gentoo-dev] Xorg 1.6/libxcb 1.4 stabilization news item

2009-10-01 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:42:22 +0200 Rémi Cardona wrote: > I tried figuring out how to write one myself, but failed miserably > because of the entirely non-intuitive GLEP. > > Basically, all stable users should see that news item. You're failing miserably because you're looking at it entirely the

[gentoo-dev] Re: Xorg 1.6/libxcb 1.4 stabilization news item

2009-10-01 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
Rémi Cardona wrote: Hi guys, Could anyone write up a one-liner news item for the xorg-server 1.6 stabilization with there 2 upgrade guides : http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.6-upgrade-guide.xml http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/libxcb-1.4-upgrade-guide.xml

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Xorg 1.6/libxcb 1.4 stabilization news item

2009-10-01 Thread Rémi Cardona
Thanks for the wording, I've somewhat made it a bit stronger. @Dev, please ACK or NAK or whatever. Thanks Title: Migration to X.org Server 1.6 and libxcb 1.4 Author: Remi Cardona Content-Type: text/plain Posted: 2009-10-02 Revision: 1 News-Item-Format: 1.0 Display-If-Installed: We're pleased