Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/26/2012 11:48 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 04/26/2012 11:28 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Friday 27 April 2012 00:43:15 Jonathan Callen wrote: >>> On 04/26/2012 06:03 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: I'd like to suggest we introduce the following very useful feature, as soon as possibl

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New third party mirrors

2012-04-27 Thread Corentin Chary
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:21:36 +0200 > Corentin Chary wrote: > >> Second solution: >> github http://cloud.github.com/downloads >> github-bad-uris -http://github.com/downloads/ > -https://github.com/downloads/ >> >> The good thing with the first

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Michael Haubenwallner
On 04/27/12 00:03, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?): * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force * meaning is identical

[gentoo-dev] New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Amadeusz Żołnowski
Hi, I'd like to add attached license to portage/licenses/. Any objections? -- Amadeusz Żołnowski yEd Description: Binary data signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in www-plugins/adobe-flash: metadata.xml adobe-flash-11.2.202.228.ebuild ChangeLog

2012-04-27 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 08:23, Ryan Hill wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:00:04 +0200, Jeroen Roovers wrote: >> Er, some of my teenage systems run desktops just fine here, thanks. And >> one of them is just nine years old right now but still doesn't support >> SSE2 (merely SSE[1]). > > I knew I'd

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:03:54 +0200 "Andreas K. Huettel" wrote: > * two new files in profile directories supported, > package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force > * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force > * meaning is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.f

[gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Amadeusz Żołnowski
This license would go to EULA group. Is this correct? -- Amadeusz Żołnowski signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: >> * two new files in profile directories supported, >> package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force >> * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force >> * meaning is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force, >> except that the resulting

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New third party mirrors

2012-04-27 Thread Michał Górny
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:06:38 +0200 Corentin Chary wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Michał Górny > wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:21:36 +0200 > > Corentin Chary wrote: > > > >> Second solution: > >> github http://cloud.github.com/downloads > >> github-bad-uris -http://github.com/down

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in www-plugins/adobe-flash: metadata.xml adobe-flash-11.2.202.228.ebuild ChangeLog

2012-04-27 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:19:04 -0600 Ryan Hill wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:06:45 -0300 > Alexis Ballier wrote: > > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:15:34 -0400 > > Matt Turner wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Christian Ruppert > > > wrote: > > > > I haven't followed the prev. conv

[gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Duncan
Amadeusz Żołnowski posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:30:32 +0200 as excerpted: > This license would go to EULA group. Is this correct? That appears to be correct to me, yes. No distribution allowed. You're going to be doing restrict=mirror, correct? -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTM

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Amadeusz Żołnowski
Excerpts from Duncan's message of 2012-04-27 15:38:20 +0200: > No distribution allowed. You're going to be doing restrict=mirror, > correct? Why RESTRICT=mirror? I'd put RESTRICT=fetch, actually. -- Amadeusz Żołnowski signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: >>> * two new files in profile directories supported, >>> package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force >>> * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force >>> * meaning is identical to

[gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Duncan
Zac Medico posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:41:21 -0700 as excerpted: > On 04/26/2012 03:08 PM, Duncan wrote: >> Zac Medico posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:21:02 -0700 as excerpted: >>> Also, don't forget to consider the possibility of interference between >>> FEATURES=userpatch and epatch_user (applyi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Michał Górny
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:15:35 + (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Zac Medico posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:41:21 -0700 as excerpted: > > > On 04/26/2012 03:08 PM, Duncan wrote: > >> Zac Medico posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:21:02 -0700 as excerpted: > >>> Also, don't forget to consid

[gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Duncan
Amadeusz Żołnowski posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:45:36 +0200 as excerpted: > Excerpts from Duncan's message of 2012-04-27 15:38:20 +0200: >> No distribution allowed. You're going to be doing restrict=mirror, >> correct? > > Why RESTRICT=mirror? I'd put RESTRICT=fetch, actually. That works. RES

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:15:35 + (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > In ordered to make it globally available, it cannot simply be an > EAPI-5 thing, it must apply to all current ebuilds whether they (or > an inherited eclass) call epatch_user or not. Which means that > conflict with th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 26/04/12 06:03 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > Dear all, > > I'd like to suggest we introduce the following very useful feature, > as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?): > > * two new files in profile directories supporte

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote: > Excerpts from Duncan's message of 2012-04-27 15:38:20 +0200: >> No distribution allowed.  You're going to be doing restrict=mirror, >> correct? > > Why RESTRICT=mirror? I'd put RESTRICT=fetch, actually. > I don't see much point in using

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread William Hubbs
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:26:07PM +, Duncan wrote: > Amadeusz Żołnowski posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:45:36 +0200 as excerpted: > > > Excerpts from Duncan's message of 2012-04-27 15:38:20 +0200: > >> No distribution allowed. You're going to be doing restrict=mirror, > >> correct? > > > > Wh

[gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Duncan
William Hubbs posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:34:05 -0500 as excerpted: > Restrict=fetch is used when a user has to go to a web site and register > or accept a license on the web site before they download the file the > way I understand it. Thanks. I thought restrict=fetch was for when a website a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: > I agree that the ~arch ebuilds should be tested in the same > configuration in which they will end up in arch. However in this case, > the possible configurations for arch are a subset of those in ~arch, so > the testing covers

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Tho FWIW I think restrict=fetch applies to stuff like cd/dvd-based game > data as well, where the agreement is on the cd not a website, but still > requires specific click-thru. I think the real determiner should almost alway

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 06:49 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: > >> Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mas

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Amadeusz Żołnowski
Excerpts from William Hubbs's message of 2012-04-27 16:34:05 +0200: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:26:07PM +, Duncan wrote: > > Amadeusz Żołnowski posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:45:36 +0200 as > > excerpted: > > > > > Excerpts from Duncan's message of 2012-04-27 15:38:20 +0200: > > >> No distribu

[gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Amadeusz Żołnowski
> I'd like to add attached license to portage/licenses/. Any objections? Because there seem to be no objection wrt license itself, I've just committed it. I'll wait with adding ebuild until we get some consensus wrt RESTRICT=fetch/mirror. -- Amadeusz Żołnowski signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 07:27 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:15:35 + (UTC) > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: >> In ordered to make it globally available, it cannot simply be an >> EAPI-5 thing, it must apply to all current ebuilds whether they (or >> an inherited eclass) call ep

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:41:35 -0700 Zac Medico wrote: > > In order to make it globally available, you put it in EAPI 5, and > > make the package mangler die at pretend time if the user has patches > > specified for a package that isn't EAPI 5. > > Or, have repoman assert that src_prepare contains

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 08:45 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:41:35 -0700 > Zac Medico wrote: >>> In order to make it globally available, you put it in EAPI 5, and >>> make the package mangler die at pretend time if the user has patches >>> specified for a package that isn't EAPI 5. >> >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:55:49 -0700 Zac Medico wrote: > I suppose that we could do it both ways. The repoman check would be > for people who want a practical approach that doesn't require all > ebuilds to be converted to EAPI 5, and your strict die approach would > be for people who want strictness

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 09:00 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:55:49 -0700 > Zac Medico wrote: >> I suppose that we could do it both ways. The repoman check would be >> for people who want a practical approach that doesn't require all >> ebuilds to be converted to EAPI 5, and your strict

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:08:06 -0700 Zac Medico wrote: > > But there's no way the repoman check is going to give anything like > > reliable answers if you're involving eclasses... > > Okay, so people who need "reliable answers" can go with your strict > approach. Meanwhile, it's relatively easy to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 09:11 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:08:06 -0700 > Zac Medico wrote: >>> But there's no way the repoman check is going to give anything like >>> reliable answers if you're involving eclasses... >> >> Okay, so people who need "reliable answers" can go with your st

[gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 27/04/12 17:15, Duncan wrote: Zac Medico posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:41:21 -0700 as excerpted: Having the package manager interact with an eclass function like epatch_user is ugly, and it's unnecessary since we can pull all of the pieces into the package manager in EAPI 5. Any eclasses that

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 07:20 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > We could finally decide it'll be a Portage internal feature, and modify > epatch_user() to export some Portage-specific indication that user > patches were applied. Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a feature, I think it's wo

[gentoo-dev] [RFC] Changing default serial-console definition in inittab

2012-04-27 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Since I've been configuring a couple of systems lately for remote access, which include configuring the serial console, I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to change our inittab so that the default (commented out) definition of the serial consoles is a bit more.. modern. The current definitio

[gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoostats, SoC 2011

2012-04-27 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 23/08/11 00:20, Vikraman wrote: Hi all, Gentoostats[0] is a GSoC 2011 project to collect package statistics from gentoo machines. Please check it out. Bug reports and feature suggestions are welcome. To submit your stats, use the app-portage/gentoostats ebuild from betagarden overlay[1]. [0

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote: > > And this is probably the case when user has to accept a license on the > website.  This is URL for zip archive of yEd-3.9.1: > >  http://www.yworks.com/en/products_download.php?file=yEd-3.9.1.zip > > It directs to website with license

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Changing default serial-console definition in inittab

2012-04-27 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:29:54AM -0700, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Since I've been configuring a couple of systems lately for remote > access, which include configuring the serial console, I'm wondering if > it would be a good idea to change our inittab so that the default > (commented out) defi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 17:26:48 schrieb Zac Medico: > > > > Maybe I'm missing something, but what would happen when the newest > > version of a package is marked stable? The masked USE flags would > > become unavailable for everyone? > > In order to be practical, I guess we'd have to add a con

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 13:35:21 schrieb Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn: > Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: > >> * two new files in profile directories supported, > >> package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force > >> * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force > >> * meaning is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Zac Medico wrote: > Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a > feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a > clean solution that doesn't rely on package manager interaction with > eclasses. If we quickly draft an EAPI 5 spec,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 16:31:10 schrieb Ian Stakenvicius: > > Where this would (have been|be) useful: * we had for a long time > > different revisions of subversion with/without kde useflag * > > cups-1.4 had the infamous libusb backend triggered by USE=usb * > > cups-1.5 has optional systemd

[gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 27/04/12 20:38, Rich Freeman wrote: On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote: And this is probably the case when user has to accept a license on the website. This is URL for zip archive of yEd-3.9.1: http://www.yworks.com/en/products_download.php?file=yEd-3.9.1.zip It

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 11:30:57 schrieb Michael Haubenwallner: > On 04/27/12 00:03, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?): > > * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask > > and package.use.stable.force > > * synt

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 11:01 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Zac Medico wrote: > >> Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a >> feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a >> clean solution that doesn't rely on package manager interaction

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Changing default serial-console definition in inittab

2012-04-27 Thread Raúl Porcel
On 04/27/2012 07:29 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Since I've been configuring a couple of systems lately for remote > access, which include configuring the serial console, I'm wondering if > it would be a good idea to change our inittab so that the default > (commented out) definition of the seri

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Changing default serial-console definition in inittab

2012-04-27 Thread Christian Ruppert
On 04/27/12 at 10:29AM -0700, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Since I've been configuring a couple of systems lately for remote > access, which include configuring the serial console, I'm wondering if > it would be a good idea to change our inittab so that the default > (commented out) definition of th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Alec Warner
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Zac Medico wrote: > >> Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a >> feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a >> clean solution that doesn't rely on package manager in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoostats, SoC 2011

2012-04-27 Thread Alec Warner
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 23/08/11 00:20, Vikraman wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Gentoostats[0] is a GSoC 2011 project to collect package statistics from >> gentoo >> machines. Please check it out. Bug reports and feature suggestions are >> welcome. >> >> To subm

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Michał Górny
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:01:15 +0200 Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Zac Medico wrote: > > > Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a > > feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a > > clean solution that doesn't rely on package man

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Didn't the user already accept the license by putting it in ACCEPT_LICENSE? >  If not, portage will not download it. > Well, I'd argue that it is impossible to "accept a license" in the first place. It is possible to agree to a contract

[gentoo-dev] Re: Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Jonathan Callen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 04/27/2012 11:26 AM, Zac Medico wrote: > In order to be practical, I guess we'd have to add a constraint > which says that if KEYWORDS contains the stable variant of a > particular keyword, then it should also be considered to implicitly > contain

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 11:57 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:01:15 +0200 > Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Zac Medico wrote: >> >>> Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a >>> feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:01:15 +0200 Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > Since we've managed to survive up to this point without such a > > feature, I think it's worth the wait roll it into EAPI 5 and have a > > clean solution that doesn't rely on package manager interaction with > > eclasses. If we quickly d

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 12:25 PM, Jonathan Callen wrote: > On 04/27/2012 11:26 AM, Zac Medico wrote: >> In order to be practical, I guess we'd have to add a constraint >> which says that if KEYWORDS contains the stable variant of a >> particular keyword, then it should also be considered to implicitly >> con

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> Did I get it right, you are thinking about a special EAPI only for >> user patches? I'd say that the feature is not important enough to >> justify that. > Didn't we have a few other cheap things lined up? Yes we do, and IMHO it would make much

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread David Leverton
Zac Medico wrote: So, here's a description of the whole algorithm that I'd use: > [snip] I think the following is equivalent, but simpler and more general since it doesn't have to mention details like ** and friends that aren't currently in PMS, and doesn't assume that the rule for handling K

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Michał Górny
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:43:06 +0200 Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > >> Did I get it right, you are thinking about a special EAPI only for > >> user patches? I'd say that the feature is not important enough to > >> justify that. > > > Didn't we have a

EAPI 5 (Was: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available)

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:58:24 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: > Of course, if we take the 'quick EAPI 5 route', it won't include > anything useful. In the meantime, do we have a complete list of > candidates for EAPI 5? Let's continue this on the PMS list. * user patches * EAPI parsing * the things t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New license: yEd Software License Agreement

2012-04-27 Thread Amadeusz Żołnowski
We have had a talk about yEd on #gentoo-dev which is worth attaching here: <@ulm> aidecoe: I suspect that yEd is in violation of the GPL :/ <@ulm> their package zip file includes JavaHelp classes but no source code for them <@ulm> and I also don't see it at their site <@ulm> neither do th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 12:57 PM, David Leverton wrote: > Zac Medico wrote: >> So, here's a description of the whole algorithm that I'd use: >> [snip] > > I think the following is equivalent, but simpler and more general since > it doesn't have to mention details like ** and friends that aren't > currently

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Steven J Long
Zac Medico wrote: > Steven J Long wrote: >> It seems there's two major cases, with autotools or without. In either >> case, epatch_user should be called after Gentoo patches have been >> applied. >> >> Why not make epatch_user set a variable to indicate that patches have >> been applied, and only

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Changing default serial-console definition in inittab

2012-04-27 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 04/28/12 01:29, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Since I've been configuring a couple of systems lately for remote > access, which include configuring the serial console, I'm wondering if > it would be a good idea to change our inittab so that the default > (commented out) definition of the serial co

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Proposal to move use.local.desc somewhere in /var

2012-04-27 Thread Steven J Long
Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Wednesday 25 April 2012 02:26:19 Steven J Long wrote: >> Mike Frysinger wrote: >> > Paul Varner wrote: >> >> Robin H. Johnson wrote: >> >> > Why are we keeping it? I move that we remove it. It's been replaced >> >> > by USE flags in metadata.xml for several years now. >>

[gentoo-dev] Re: Making user patches globally available

2012-04-27 Thread Duncan
Nikos Chantziaras posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:55:12 +0300 as excerpted: > On 27/04/12 17:15, Duncan wrote: >> Zac Medico posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:41:21 -0700 as excerpted: >>> Having the package manager interact with an eclass function like >>> epatch_user is ugly, and it's unnecessary sinc