[gentoo-dev] Last rites for net-dialup/l2tpd

2007-07-19 Thread Alin Năstac
# Alin Năstac [EMAIL PROTECTED] (19 Jul 2007) # Dead upstream, forked in net-dialup/xl2tpd. # Pending removal 19 Sep 2007 net-dialup/l2tpd signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] x86 toolchain changes heads up

2007-07-19 Thread Peter Gordon
On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 01:53 -0700, Peter Gordon wrote: Does this mean that any user-set -march flag is overridden for these cases? Just curious. Thanks for the explanations given, Mike, Ioannis, Ryan, and Andre! I'm much clearer on the isue now. :] -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) Gentoo Forums

Re: [gentoo-dev] Zombie: Sven Vermeulen (swift)

2007-07-19 Thread josé Alberto Suárez López
Glad to see you back :) El jue, 19-07-2007 a las 00:22 +0300, Petteri Räty escribió: Your doc zombie Sven Vermeulen has risen from his grave and is back to beat www.gentoo.org/doc/en with his fingers. Give him the usual welcome with nice head shots. Regards, Petteri PS. I tried but

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Luca Barbato
Eric Polino wrote: Would it be possible to have all the protocols for net-im/pidgin turned on by default. We often get people coming to #pidgin looking for help as to why they can't get MSN or some other protocol working. It most often is because they haven't enabled the given protocol USE

Re: [gentoo-dev] Zombie: Sven Vermeulen (swift)

2007-07-19 Thread Ioannis Aslanidis
Welcome back Sven!!! Nice to have you with us once again :) On 7/19/07, josé Alberto Suárez López [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glad to see you back :) El jue, 19-07-2007 a las 00:22 +0300, Petteri Räty escribió: Your doc zombie Sven Vermeulen has risen from his grave and is back to beat

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Petteri Räty
Luca Barbato kirjoitti: Eric Polino wrote: Would it be possible to have all the protocols for net-im/pidgin turned on by default. We often get people coming to #pidgin looking for help as to why they can't get MSN or some other protocol working. It most often is because they haven't enabled

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Jakub Moc
Petteri Räty napsal(a): Or just do it via package.use in profiles until IUSE defaults are implemented. Regards, Petteri As noted before, they are implemented, just not allowed in the tree. Plus, what vapier said, this info belongs to the ebuilds, not to profiles. Wrt pidgin - seriously,

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Petteri Räty
Jakub Moc kirjoitti: Petteri Räty napsal(a): Or just do it via package.use in profiles until IUSE defaults are implemented. Regards, Petteri As noted before, they are implemented, just not allowed in the tree. Plus, what vapier said, this info belongs to the ebuilds, not to profiles.

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:19:11 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As noted before, they are implemented, just not allowed in the tree. Plus, what vapier said, this info belongs to the ebuilds, not to profiles. What, it belongs in multiple ebuild files, rather than a single profile file?

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Petteri Räty
Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:19:11 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As noted before, they are implemented, just not allowed in the tree. Plus, what vapier said, this info belongs to the ebuilds, not to profiles. What, it belongs in multiple ebuild files, rather

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread joshua jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jakub Moc wrote: Petteri Räty napsal(a): Or just do it via package.use in profiles until IUSE defaults are implemented. Regards, Petteri As noted before, they are implemented, just not allowed in the tree. Plus, what vapier said, this info

Improving developer/user communication (was Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 joshua jackson wrote: Jakub Moc wrote: Petteri Rýty napsal(a): Or just do it via package.use in profiles until IUSE defaults are implemented. Regards, Petteri As noted before, they are implemented, just not allowed in the tree. Plus, what

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 12:19 +0200, Jakub Moc wrote: Petteri Räty napsal(a): Or just do it via package.use in profiles until IUSE defaults are implemented. Regards, Petteri As noted before, they are implemented, just not allowed in the tree. Plus, what vapier said, this info belongs

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 2007-07-19 18:52:59 Chris Gianelloni napisał(a): On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 12:19 +0200, Jakub Moc wrote: Petteri Räty napsal(a): Or just do it via package.use in profiles until IUSE defaults are implemented. Regards, Petteri As noted

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Charlie Shepherd
On 19/07/07, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, that is the state we're currently in with regards to our profiles and the tree. I know I would *love* to see us start using IUSE defaults as soon as possible in the tree. So just start using IUSE

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:08:20 +0200 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So just start using IUSE defaults! There's no problem with doing it at once since it can be considered as a part of EAPI=0. No, IUSE defaults are EAPI 1. -- Ciaran McCreesh signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread George Prowse
Steve Long wrote: Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote: Perhaps we also need to make it more clear where users can ask such Gentoo-specific questions about specific packages, so they don't need to go and annoy upstream. Associate an irc-channel with each package. Most packages have a herd associated

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:02:46 +0100 George Prowse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to know how to get a better relationship with users... ask them! Any user who will see and respond to a question is unrepresentative of the user base in general. -- Ciaran McCreesh signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:36:34 +0100 Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote: Perhaps we also need to make it more clear where users can ask such Gentoo-specific questions about specific packages, so they don't need to go and annoy upstream. In #gentoo we

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread George Prowse
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:02:46 +0100 George Prowse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want to know how to get a better relationship with users... ask them! Any user who will see and respond to a question is unrepresentative of the user base in general. that is why the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication

2007-07-19 Thread Seemant Kulleen
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 15:45 -0500, Dale wrote: I just decided to grow a pair today and speak up. That right there is the most important thing you could have done. I hope more users and devs decide to speak up about things. Thanks, Seemant signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:45:46 -0500 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Any user who will see and respond to a question is unrepresentative of the user base in general. So if ten users reply then, are all ten individually wrong too? Not my point. My point is that most

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Robert Buchholz
On Thursday, 19. July 2007 22:39, Jeroen Roovers wrote: Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote: Associate an irc-channel with each package. Associate how? Sounds like a lot of work at the least and a lot of cruft at the worst. It could be included in the herds.xml: herd namekde/name

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Seemant Kulleen
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 21:59 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: The set of people who respond is heavily skewed towards better-informed users who have time to seek out and participate in that kind of questioning. Fair point, but the more better-informed users we have, the better it is for everyone

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread George Prowse
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:45:46 -0500 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Any user who will see and respond to a question is unrepresentative of the user base in general. So if ten users reply then, are all ten individually wrong too? Not my point. My

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:22:19 +0100 George Prowse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not my point. My point is that most Gentoo users would either not see the question or not respond. Those that both see the question and take time to respond are highly atypical. If you were clever enough and wanted

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Polino
Alright, well I appreciate all the thought and discussion that exploded about this problem. The pidgin team appreciates it. Though I'm sorry to say I'm not up to speed with all this Gentoo talk. I gather that when IUSE defaults come out, the ability to specify default USE flags on a per

Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Polino
On 7/19/07, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 joshua jackson wrote: Jakub Moc wrote: Petteri Rýty napsal(a): Or just do it via package.use in profiles until IUSE defaults are implemented. Regards, Petteri As noted before, they

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Steev Klimaszewski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 snip everything not technical, take it to -project. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGn9rz1c+EtXTHkJcRAqEiAJ91+dcEu2/q6F1K/QTkqaHgWJUl0QCeMh6u

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Dale
George Prowse wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:45:46 -0500 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Any user who will see and respond to a question is unrepresentative of the user base in general. So if ten users reply then, are all ten individually wrong

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread George Prowse
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:22:19 +0100 George Prowse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not my point. My point is that most Gentoo users would either not see the question or not respond. Those that both see the question and take time to respond are highly atypical. If you were clever

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Mike Doty
[snip] get this shit off the dev list and somewhere more appropriate. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread George Prowse
Mike Doty wrote: [snip] get this shit off the dev list and somewhere more appropriate. I have a question for in here. Now this is (rightly) going to -project, are any devs actually going to comment on the discussion? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 16:51 -0500, Dale wrote: Now the new deal is meeting the same resistance just like the proctors and I suspect it will fail too. Gentoo needs to listen to the people. No. Gentoo needs to make intelligent decisions, whether it comes from a single individual or an army

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 16:02 -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote: I'm all for doing it now in the profile, but it's not my package. Perhaps someone from the net-im herd can make this decision? Well, as someone who spends a lot of time working on/with profiles, I say go for it. Since these changes would

[gentoo-dev] Re: Improving developer/user communication (was Re: net-im/pidgin protocols)

2007-07-19 Thread Steve Long
Eric Polino wrote: Not sure if this fits in to what you're talking about, but I do know that as myself a would like to me maintainer someday, I'm somewhat lost as to knowing how I can get involved and who I need to talk to. Your best starting point is #gentoo-dev-help (if you need to talk a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-council] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2007/08

2007-07-19 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Mike Frysinger wrote: i dont think he'll accept, but i dont see Flameeyes name yet ... his ISP decided to poop on him for a while, so he contacted me off list to say he accepts -mike signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Olivier Crête
On Thu, 2007-19-07 at 15:22 -0700, Chris Gianelloni wrote: On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 16:02 -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote: I'm all for doing it now in the profile, but it's not my package. Perhaps someone from the net-im herd can make this decision? Well, as someone who spends a lot of time working

[gentoo-dev] Re: net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Duncan
joshua jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:10:35 -0700: Honestly..this is not something to get picky over jakub. Upstream was nice and actually came and politely asked us to change the defaults to what most people would consider sane

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Polino
On 7/19/07, Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: joshua jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:10:35 -0700: Honestly..this is not something to get picky over jakub. Upstream was nice and actually came and politely asked us to change the

[gentoo-dev] Re: Getting -project started

2007-07-19 Thread Ryan Hill
Robin H. Johnson wrote: gentoo-project gentoo-dev-announce These are on gmane now as well. -dev-announce as RO and -project as RW. -- dirtyepic salesman said this vacuum's guaranteed gentoo org it could suck an ancient virus from the sea 9B81 6C9F E791 83BB 3AB3

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Getting -project started

2007-07-19 Thread lnxg33k
Ryan Hill wrote: These are on gmane now as well. -dev-announce as RO and -project as RW. I'm sure everyone is busy and this is already in the works, but updating the list page [1] would be helpful as well -- along with any other documentation that might be appropriate. Is there a concise

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thursday 19 July 2007, Duncan wrote: OTOH, if enabling those protocols pulls in all sorts of additional packages to support them, shipping with everything on just because it's possible is not the Gentoo way. That's what USE flags are for. USE flags are not for controlling dependencies,

[gentoo-dev] Re: net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Duncan
Eric Polino [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:52:16 -0400: OTOH, if enabling those protocols pulls in all sorts of additional packages to support them, shipping with everything on just because it's possible is not the Gentoo way. That's what

[gentoo-dev] Re: Getting -project started

2007-07-19 Thread Duncan
Ryan Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:11:38 -0600: Robin H. Johnson wrote: gentoo-project gentoo-dev-announce These are on gmane now as well. -dev-announce as RO and -project as RW. Thanks. I checked earlier and didn't see them.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Polino
On 7/19/07, Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Polino [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:52:16 -0400: OTOH, if enabling those protocols pulls in all sorts of additional packages to support them, shipping with everything on just because it's

[gentoo-dev] Re: net-im/pidgin protocols

2007-07-19 Thread Duncan
Eric Polino [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:02:56 -0400: On 7/19/07, Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Polino [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:52:16 -0400: Yes there would be a few

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Getting -project started

2007-07-19 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:15:31PM -0500, lnxg33k wrote: Ryan Hill wrote: These are on gmane now as well. -dev-announce as RO and -project as RW. I'm sure everyone is busy and this is already in the works, but updating the list page [1] would be helpful as well -- along with any other