[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 06:20:01PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more overlay support. I'm all for reform when there is something to reform. However, in all your complaints about developers causing conflicts you're actually becoming part of the problem. I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 16:18 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 06:20:01PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more overlay support. I'm all for reform when there is something to reform. However, in all your complaints about developers causing conflicts

[gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. On my PC I set echo $LC_CTYPE de_DE.utf8 the settings are done here: /etcsudo grep -r de_DE.utf8 profile.env:export LC_CTYPE='de_DE.utf8' env.d/02locale:LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 csh.env:setenv LC_CTYPE

[gentoo-user] GTKLauncher fails in Webkit-gtk 2.4.6 r200

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
I'm getting an error with some applications: -- lgstreamer-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -pthread -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.4-r201/work/webkitgtk-2.4.4/.libs ./.libs/libwebkitgtk-1.0.so: undefined reference to `_ZNSt6chrono12steady_clock3nowEv@GLIBCXX_3.4.17'

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 04:31:45PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: am I the only one who thinks that this way leads to madness? Version conflicts are bad enough. First, version conflicts have their roots in the support for versions of libraries in softwares. This is the best place to fix

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/21/2014 2:32 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: As long as there are developers willing and able to support OpenRC in Gentoo (and it looks like there are), that will be the case. To make sure that this remains to be true, help them. This is really an incorrect (and even

[gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:44:12PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: This is really an incorrect (and even borderline arrogant) answer... To answer the OPs question correctly... Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and systemd is the red-headed step-child, and as such

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 11/21/2014 2:32 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: As long as there are developers willing and able to support OpenRC in Gentoo (and it looks like there are), that will be the case. To make sure that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 18:33 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 04:31:45PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: am I the only one who thinks that this way leads to madness? Version conflicts are bad enough. First, version conflicts have their roots in the support for versions of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 1:00 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:44:12PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and systemd is the red-headed step-child, and as such OpenRC is and will be 100% fully supported.

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 07:25:26PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: and you want portage to finish on this site of eternity when looking for dependency resolution? I don't think having exposed requirements would explode the time needed to calculate the dependency tree because this does not

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:07:08 -0600 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: [...] To answer the OPs question correctly... Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and systemd is the

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 2:02 PM, Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de wrote: I get the distinct feeling that you two should probably read the LWN article again. No need... This: In the end, it comes down to this: it just is not that important. It is just a system initialization utility. simply proves that the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 19:54 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 07:25:26PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: and you want portage to finish on this site of eternity when looking for dependency resolution? I don't think having exposed requirements would explode the time needed to

[gentoo-user] dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
When I was using gcc-4.7.3 I got an error with webkit-gtk: collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status GNUmakefile:40409: recipe for target 'Programs/GtkLauncher' failed make[1]: *** [Programs/GtkLauncher] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Irrelevant. Since OpenRC is the default init system, any package that doesn't work properly with it would, by definition, be a bug that must be fixed - if the maintainer wants their package to be marked as

Re: [gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread Mick
On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 17:06:21 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. On my PC I set echo $LC_CTYPE de_DE.utf8 the settings are done here: /etcsudo grep -r de_DE.utf8 profile.env:export LC_CTYPE='de_DE.utf8'

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a software to work and update installed libraries to match the requirements. This sounds nice in principle, but making it work is not trivial.

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 1:07 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: So, don't be surprised if FreeBSD develops something *really* similar (along the lines of the second bullet) to systemd in the future Doesn't matter because: a) it won't be systemd (with all of its warts) b) it won't be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 2:24 PM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they lack such support. Gentoo policy does NOT require maintainers to support any particular init

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 3:23 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: Also, I'll wager it likely won't be implemented in such a way as to be perceived by its user base as being shoved down their throats. Clarification - this reference was actually to the way Debian is handling it, not Gentoo - I

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 11/23/2014 1:07 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: So, don't be surprised if FreeBSD develops something *really* similar (along the lines of the second bullet) to systemd in the future Doesn't matter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:25:07 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they lack such support. Gentoo policy does NOT require maintainers to support any particular init

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:25:07 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they lack such support.

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a software to work and update installed libraries to match the requirements. This

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 08:15:26PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: which works so well with different useflags. Yes, things need improvements. -- Nicolas Sebrecht

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 21:54 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: Today, ebuilds don't even let a chance for an admin to apply a series of patches to the vanilla/distro-maintainer sources without having to rewrite/fork the ebuild. Whatever it is critical for them. The lone option is to fork+overlay. This is a

[gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:34:52PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: Oh my. So it's the name of the project and (one) author? All the design and ideas behind it are irrelevant then? You just gave me the most perfect justification to never ever take you seriously in this subject. Good

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 22:54, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a software to work and update installed

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 20:35, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/23/2014 1:00 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:44:12PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and systemd is the red-headed step-child, and as such

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 22:25, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/23/2014 2:24 PM, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they lack such support. Gentoo policy does NOT require

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 4:21 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: There is no such thing as the default init system. There is only the one that portage will happen to install should you not specify a preference. Lol! That is what I would call a 'default'...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 23:45, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/23/2014 4:21 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: There is no such thing as the default init system. There is only the one that portage will happen to install should you not specify a preference. Lol! That is what I would call a

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 3:34 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 11/23/2014 1:07 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: So, don't be surprised if FreeBSD develops something *really* similar (along the

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread hasufell
On 11/23/2014 12:20 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:44 PM, hasufell hasuf...@gentoo.org wrote: On 11/22/2014 11:20 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: Nobody can block progress under the current model. If you feel otherwise, please point them out so that they can be dealt with. They

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 22:14 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On 23/11/2014 22:54, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: Portage should support a way to expose ALL the

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:50 PM, hasufell hasuf...@gentoo.org wrote: On 11/23/2014 12:20 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: You have just as many options under the status quo, and actually more. Why would that be? We have a centralized _culture_. All this is basically about culture, not just about

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread hasufell
On 11/24/2014 12:24 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: So regrouping is not as easy as you make it sound. Totally not. I don't like ruby eclasses and their virtuals. What can I do? Fix them? No, I cannot. Stop saying I can fix everything I please. That is incorrect and our model makes it even more

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 6:45 PM, hasufell hasuf...@gentoo.org wrote: As long as you actually commit to maintaining the Nethack package, you can do this. As above: I think it's wrong. Your opinion is noted. Your argument was that policy issues were preventing you from fixing Nethack. Now

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread hasufell
On 11/24/2014 12:24 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: * kickban major assholes from the community, no matter how efficient they are Proposals welcome. Hint, things will go much better if you volunteer to do the work the assholes are doing... It isn't like we aren't all tired of this stuff, but if

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:12 PM, hasufell hasuf...@gentoo.org wrote: On 11/24/2014 12:24 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: * kickban major assholes from the community, no matter how efficient they are Proposals welcome. Hint, things will go much better if you volunteer to do the work the assholes are

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
On 11/23/14 12:21, Joseph wrote: When I was using gcc-4.7.3 I got an error with webkit-gtk: collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status GNUmakefile:40409: recipe for target 'Programs/GtkLauncher' failed make[1]: *** [Programs/GtkLauncher] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory

[gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread walt
On 11/23/2014 04:45 PM, Joseph wrote: * ERROR: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed (compile phase): On my ~amd64 machines I have ruby-2.0.0_p598 installed. Is there a reason you want 594 instead of 598?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
On 11/23/14 18:52, walt wrote: On 11/23/2014 04:45 PM, Joseph wrote: * ERROR: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed (compile phase): On my ~amd64 machines I have ruby-2.0.0_p598 installed. Is there a reason you want 594 instead of 598? I don't really care which one is it, as long as it

Re: [gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread meino . cramer
Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com [14-11-24 03:41]: On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 17:06:21 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. On my PC I set echo $LC_CTYPE de_DE.utf8 the settings are done here: /etcsudo grep -r