Re: [gentoo-dev] Add more local USE flags

2010-03-19 Thread Zac Medico
On 03/19/2010 06:31 AM, Thomas Kahle wrote: > On 03/19/2010 02:06 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Thursday 18 March 2010 09:17:43 Thomas Kahle wrote: use.local.desc is automatically generated from metadata.xml files, so it's the same thing >>> >>> And this will soon be properly documented

[gentoo-dev] Re: Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Duncan
Dale posted on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:13:48 -0500 as excerpted: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:23:31 -0500 >> Dale wrote: >> It's being installed because it's a dependency of something you use. Replace Python with any other library and we wouldn't be having thi

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: turn on udev use flag by default

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 19 March 2010 17:06:19 Petteri Räty wrote: > On 03/19/2010 07:25 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Friday 19 March 2010 10:07:59 Petteri Räty wrote: > >> On 03/19/2010 04:04 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: > >>> On 19-03-2010 15:59:07 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: > Any objections to turning o

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: turn on udev use flag by default

2010-03-19 Thread Petteri Räty
On 03/19/2010 07:25 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Friday 19 March 2010 10:07:59 Petteri Räty wrote: >> On 03/19/2010 04:04 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: >>> On 19-03-2010 15:59:07 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: Any objections to turning on the udev use flag by default in the base profile? >>> >>

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Alec Warner
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 03/19/2010 10:57 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> >> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:28 -0500 >> Dale  wrote: >>> >>> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:17:17 +0100 Ben de Groot   wrote: > Because it is extrem

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: turn on udev use flag by default

2010-03-19 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 19 March 2010 10:07:59 Petteri Räty wrote: > On 03/19/2010 04:04 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: > > On 19-03-2010 15:59:07 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: > >> Any objections to turning on the udev use flag by default in the base > >> profile? > > > > Yeah, can we just do it in the Linux profiles

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Doktor Notor
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:02:44 -0500 Dale wrote: > Because in my opinion, portage is the first thing in line to keep a > system sane. Installing packages that are not needed means that > portage fails on that. So in your example, portage fails to do its > due diligence and it falls to the users

[gentoo-dev] Re: Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/19/2010 10:57 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:28 -0500 Dale wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:17:17 +0100 Ben de Groot wrote: Because it is extremely useless to the great majority of users. Most packages in the tree are useless to the great m

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Dale
Alistair Bush wrote: Zac Medico wrote: I think what most people want is for portage not to pull in a package that nothing uses. I'm not a dev nor a programmer but I have yet to see any good reason for installing something that is not being used. It's not being tested to see if it is stable. I

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Dale
Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: 2010-03-19 11:13:48 Dale napisał(a): Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:23:31 -0500 Dale wrote: It's being installed because it's a dependency of something you use. Replace Python with any other library and we wouldn't

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: turn on udev use flag by default

2010-03-19 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 03/19/2010 04:04 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 19-03-2010 15:59:07 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: >> Any objections to turning on the udev use flag by default in the base >> profile? > > Yeah, can we just do it in the Linux profiles only somewhere? > > or rather mask the 'udev' use flag on prof

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: turn on udev use flag by default

2010-03-19 Thread Petteri Räty
On 03/19/2010 04:04 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 19-03-2010 15:59:07 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: >> Any objections to turning on the udev use flag by default in the base >> profile? > > Yeah, can we just do it in the Linux profiles only somewhere? > > If udev doesn't work on the system, the fl

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: turn on udev use flag by default

2010-03-19 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 19-03-2010 15:59:07 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: > Any objections to turning on the udev use flag by default in the base > profile? Yeah, can we just do it in the Linux profiles only somewhere? -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC]: Proxy-maintainer project

2010-03-19 Thread Richard Freeman
On 03/18/2010 04:34 PM, Ben de Groot wrote: Recruitment being the bottleneck that it is (with candidates waiting many months), it is good to have another option for people who want to contribute. If we do have a list of people waiting to get in, could we maybe publish this list somewhere, or i

[gentoo-dev] RFC: turn on udev use flag by default

2010-03-19 Thread Petteri Räty
Any objections to turning on the udev use flag by default in the base profile? Regards, Petteri signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Add more local USE flags

2010-03-19 Thread Thomas Kahle
On 03/19/2010 02:06 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thursday 18 March 2010 09:17:43 Thomas Kahle wrote: >>> use.local.desc is automatically generated from metadata.xml files, so >>> it's the same thing >> >> And this will soon be properly documented: >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309963

Re: [gentoo-dev] How about a monthly bumpday?

2010-03-19 Thread Peter Volkov
В Срд, 10/03/2010 в 05:08 +0100, Sebastian Pipping пишет: > How about a monthly bumpday? Good idea, but it should follow our policy to inform maintainers _in advance_: e.g. on first bumpday to work on bumps and notify maintainer about this work by attaching final ebuild to the version bump bug wit

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-19 11:13:48 Dale napisał(a): > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:23:31 -0500 > > Dale wrote: > > > >>> It's being installed because it's a dependency of something you use. > >>> > >>> Replace Python with any other library and we wouldn't be having this > >>> discussion.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:01:05AM +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:56:08 -0700 > Brian Harring wrote: > > > We are waiting on ABI dependencies (and extended support for > > > multiple ABIs in package manager), which will provide some needed > > > functionality. > > > > You

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Dale
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:23:31 -0500 Dale wrote: It's being installed because it's a dependency of something you use. Replace Python with any other library and we wouldn't be having this discussion. OK. Right now, as you type this, what package depends on pyt

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Zac Medico
On 03/19/2010 01:52 AM, Dale wrote: > I think what most people want is for portage not to pull in a package > that nothing uses. I'm not a dev nor a programmer but I have yet to see > any good reason for installing something that is not being used. It's > not being tested to see if it is stable.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:56:08 -0700 Brian Harring wrote: > > We are waiting on ABI dependencies (and extended support for > > multiple ABIs in package manager), which will provide some needed > > functionality. > > You can do it now w/out waiting on ABI dependencies- I'm not saying > the dependen

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:55:03AM +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > 2010-03-19 10:39:07 Petteri Räty napisał(a): > > On 19.3.2010 11.35, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > > > > > > > I can add "python2" USE flag (enabled by default) to some versions of > > > dev-l

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-19 10:39:07 Petteri Räty napisał(a): > On 19.3.2010 11.35, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > > > > I can add "python2" USE flag (enabled by default) to some versions of > > dev-lang/python. With USE="-python2", Python 2 will not be required and > > Python 3 will be set as mai

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Brian Harring
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 04:23:31AM -0500, Dale wrote: > OK. Right now, as you type this, what package depends on python-3 and > won't work with python-2? Anything at all? If it is nothing, then why > install it? To some degree it's the users choice which python version they choose to settle

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Petteri Räty
On 19.3.2010 11.35, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: > > I can add "python2" USE flag (enabled by default) to some versions of > dev-lang/python. With USE="-python2", Python 2 will not be required and > Python 3 will be set as main active version of Python. > You should move to the sa

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-03-19 10:23:31 Dale napisał(a): > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:28 -0500 > > Dale wrote: > > > >> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:17:17 +0100 > >>> Ben de Groot wrote: > >>> > >>> > Because it is extremely useless to the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:23:31 -0500 Dale wrote: > > It's being installed because it's a dependency of something you use. > > > > Replace Python with any other library and we wouldn't be having this > > discussion. > > OK. Right now, as you type this, what package depends on python-3 > and won't w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Alistair Bush
> Zac Medico wrote: > > I think what most people want is for portage not to pull in a package > that nothing uses. I'm not a dev nor a programmer but I have yet to see > any good reason for installing something that is not being used. It's > not being tested to see if it is stable. It would hav

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Dale
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:28 -0500 Dale wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:17:17 +0100 Ben de Groot wrote: Because it is extremely useless to the great majority of users. Most packages in the tree are useless to the gre

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:28 -0500 Dale wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:17:17 +0100 > > Ben de Groot wrote: > > > >> Because it is extremely useless to the great majority of users. > >> > > Most packages in the tree are useless to the great majority of > > use

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Dale
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:17:17 +0100 Ben de Groot wrote: Because it is extremely useless to the great majority of users. Most packages in the tree are useless to the great majority of users. Which is why most users don't install everything. I have about 1

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Dale
Zac Medico wrote: On 03/19/2010 12:15 AM, Dale wrote: I think this is because people that use Gentoo do so because it doesn't install things they don't need. Why install a package that is used by no other package? It's pointless. I would also add, if it gets installed and is used by no ot

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:17:17 +0100 Ben de Groot wrote: > Because it is extremely useless to the great majority of users. Most packages in the tree are useless to the great majority of users. -- Ciaran McCreesh signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC]: Proxy-maintainer project

2010-03-19 Thread Alex Alexander
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 06:29:56PM +0200, Markos Chandras wrote: > Dear fellow developers, > > A new project is about to start so I am requesting your feedback > > The primary goal of the Proxy Maintainers[1] project is to create and > maintain > relationships between developers and users in or

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Zac Medico
On 03/19/2010 12:15 AM, Dale wrote: > I think this is because people that use Gentoo do so because it doesn't > install things they don't need. Why install a package that is used by > no other package? It's pointless. > > I would also add, if it gets installed and is used by no other package, >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages pulling in python-3*, also they dont require it

2010-03-19 Thread Dale
Alec Warner wrote: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Ben de Groot wrote: On 18 March 2010 20:24, Fabian Groffen wrote: On 18-03-2010 20:20:02 +0100, Thomas Sachau wrote: There are 2 ways to fix this issue: -fix the dependency string for those packages (including the lines i