[gentoo-dev] Eclass subdirectory for x-modular.eclass

2005-12-09 Thread Joshua Baergen
In an attempt to patch all driver packages automatically, I've modified x-modular.eclass to do something along the lines of what elibtoolize does for its patching. However, this would require the storage of a patch for x-modular.eclass, which I would intend to place in a subdirectory of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Eclass subdirectory for x-modular.eclass

2005-12-09 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:13:08 -0700 Joshua Baergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | In an attempt to patch all driver packages automatically, I've | modified x-modular.eclass to do something along the lines of what | elibtoolize does for its patching. However, this would require the | storage of a patch

Re: [gentoo-dev] Eclass subdirectory for x-modular.eclass

2005-12-09 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Joshua Baergen wrote: In an attempt to patch all driver packages automatically, I've modified x-modular.eclass to do something along the lines of what elibtoolize does for its patching. However, this would require the storage of a patch for x-modular.eclass, which I would intend to place in a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Eclass subdirectory for x-modular.eclass

2005-12-09 Thread Martin Schlemmer
On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 12:13 -0700, Joshua Baergen wrote: In an attempt to patch all driver packages automatically, I've modified x-modular.eclass to do something along the lines of what elibtoolize does for its patching. However, this would require the storage of a patch for

Re: [gentoo-dev] Eclass subdirectory for x-modular.eclass

2005-12-09 Thread Joshua Baergen
Martin Schlemmer wrote: Use ${P}-patches-{PVER}.tar.bz2, and set PVER (or whatever) before inheriting the eclass. Thanks, I will do that. -- Joshua Baergen -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-dev] Modular X update

2005-12-09 Thread Donnie Berkholz
AREAS WE NEED HELP WITH: 1) Porting applications to modular X 2) Fixing descriptions for the vast majority of modular packages. OK, it seems like we've now got issues resolved related to the new virtual/x11 package. Despite all the eyes that looked at it and all the publicity on lists and

[gentoo-dev] KDE + htdig

2005-12-09 Thread Renat Lumpau
Hello, I am looking for help / advice to get KDE to work with htdig. I'm trying to fix an old bug [1], but I'm not much of a KDE expert, and so far I've had no luck. If you have any ideas and are willing to spend a few minutes helping me figure out how to get khelpcenter and kdevelop to play nice

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for media-video/dvdrip

2005-12-09 Thread Luca Barbato
Mike Frysinger wrote: so the video herd policy is to remove packages until you're left with a small enough subset of packages you can handle ? -mike I'd rather say that we select packages that evolve and fit the needs and kill what isn't suitable anymore. There are still many way to shoot

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for media-video/dvdrip

2005-12-09 Thread Luca Barbato
Chandler Carruth wrote: As a user currently, what steps could I take to help this package stay alive? I will take them as the alternative is to put an unofficial ebuild up on a webpage. On my to be killed list I have transcode 1 avifile transcode 1 is already there and seems in good

Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X update

2005-12-09 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Martin Schlemmer wrote: Will need to do something about the default glu/opengl/xft virtuals as well ... (you probably did not forget this, just double checking ...) Yep. From an email I sent in the past 24 hours: Donnie Berkholz wrote: Done. I will probably do similar for the other x11

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for media-video/dvdrip

2005-12-09 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 01:09:50AM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: Mike Frysinger wrote: so the video herd policy is to remove packages until you're left with a small enough subset of packages you can handle ? I'd rather say that we select packages that evolve and fit the needs and kill what

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for media-video/dvdrip

2005-12-09 Thread Donnie Berkholz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Frysinger wrote: | so the video herd policy is to remove packages until you're left with | a small enough subset of packages you can handle ? Quite a contrast with the x11 herd policy: to add packages until there's 10x more than you can

Re: [gentoo-dev] December Council Meeting

2005-12-09 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 09:24:57PM +0100, Marius Mauch wrote: On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 23:49:59 + Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is your [belated] reminder of the December council meeting. future reminders will not be late anymore ... we've proven that we cant remember it so

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for media-video/dvdrip

2005-12-09 Thread Daniel Goller
On Friday 09 December 2005 08:19 pm, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 01:09:50AM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: Mike Frysinger wrote: so the video herd policy is to remove packages until you're left with a small enough subset of packages you can handle ? I'd rather say that we