Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND is not sufficient? PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify specification of dependency on Python. PYTHON_DEPEND=2:2.5 is shorter than:

[gentoo-dev] Re: PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Duncan
Fabian Groffen posted on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:50:30 +0100 as excerpted: On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND is not sufficient? PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify specification

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-01-11 04:55:02 Sebastian Pipping napisał(a): PYTHON_DEPEND=2:2.5:2.6 Dependency on Python 2.6 or 2.5. The colon (':') has two different semantics here. The colon is only separator of components, so it has the same semantic. Each component has strictly defined meaning. --

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
2010-01-11 08:50:30 Fabian Groffen napisał(a): On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND is not sufficient? PYTHON_DEPEND is intented to simplify specification of dependency on

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 11-01-2010 08:29:32 +, Duncan wrote: Fabian Groffen posted on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:50:30 +0100 as excerpted: On 11-01-2010 01:25:45 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: Can you explain the intended use of this variable, and why normal DEPEND is not sufficient?

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Maciej Mrozowski
On Monday 11 of January 2010 01:25:45 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: 2010-01-10 21:56:01 Fabian Groffen napisał(a): On 10-01-2010 09:29:28 +0100, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: I would like to suggest introduction of support for PYTHON_DEPEND variable, which would

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Gilles Dartiguelongue
It looks like what you really want is a ranged dependencies. From the look of it though I have to second the it does not seem intuitive opinion as it gives another meaning to the slot syntax marker (':'). Other than that, it seems like a worthy addition to the eclass. -- Gilles Dartiguelongue

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Raúl Porcel
This is an ancient eclass that was used when the Compaq C Compiler still worked, but was removed from the tree some time ago. Removal of the eclass on 2010/02/01.

[gentoo-dev] RFC: ruby-ng-gnome2.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Hans de Graaff
Hi, I'd like to request feedback on the attached new ruby-ng-gnome2.eclass. This eclass supersedes the current ruby-gnome2 eclass. It builds on ruby-ng.eclass and is used to install the various components and bindings of the ruby-gnome2 project. This eclass fixes

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-dicts/qvortaro

2010-01-11 Thread Markos Chandras
# Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org (11 Jan 2010) # Qt3 application, doesn't have a maintainer and has a few open bugs. # bug #299083. Removal in 30 days app-dicts/qvortaro Pick it up if you want to save it -- Markos Chandras (hwoarang) Gentoo Linux Developer

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Raúl Porcel
scarabeus told me that the eclass can't be removed until two years since the deprecation date, so... Removal of the eclass on 2012/01/11 Raúl Porcel wrote: This is an ancient eclass that was used when the Compaq C Compiler still worked, but was removed from the tree some time ago. Removal

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: kde.eclass, kde-meta.eclass, kde-functions.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Jonathan Callen
As KDE 3 has been removed from the tree, the kde-* eclasses are no longer used by anything remaining in the tree. These eclasses are scheduled for removal on or about 2012/01/11. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Markos Chandras
# Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org (11 Jan 2010) # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days net-nntp/inn -- Markos Chandras (hwoarang) Gentoo Linux Developer Web: http://hwoarang.silverarrow.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Brian Harring
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:25:51PM +0100, Raaal Porcel wrote: scarabeus told me that the eclass can't be removed until two years since the deprecation date, so... Removal of the eclass on 2012/01/11 Reasoning? Prior to env saving we couldn't particularly punt eclasses, but env saving is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 11 January 2010 16:05:16 Markos Chandras wrote: # Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org (11 Jan 2010) # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days net-nntp/inn is as-needed support really a valid reason for punting a package ? i dont think it is. -mike

Re: [gentoo-dev] adding a modification timestamp to the installed pkgs database (vdb)

2010-01-11 Thread Denis Dupeyron
Brian, On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Brian Harring ferri...@gmail.com wrote: The proposal is pretty simple; if code modifies the vdb in any fashion, it needs to update the mtime on a file named '.modification_time' in the root of the vdb. For example- 1) ${PACKAGE_MANAGER} fires ups,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: ccc.eclass

2010-01-11 Thread Tomáš Chvátal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dne 11.1.2010 23:23, Brian Harring napsal(a): On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:25:51PM +0100, Raaal Porcel wrote: scarabeus told me that the eclass can't be removed until two years since the deprecation date, so... Removal of the eclass on 2012/01/11

[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Arnaud Launay
Hello, Le Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:05:16PM +0200, Markos Chandras a écrit: # Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org (11 Jan 2010) # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days net-nntp/inn As a newsmaster, I'm a bit concerned by this. By viewing bug #182782 , it seems to me that

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:31:08 -0500 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: On Monday 11 January 2010 16:05:16 Markos Chandras wrote: # Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org (11 Jan 2010) # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days net-nntp/inn is as-needed support

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:30:24 +0100 Arnaud Launay a...@launay.org wrote: But, if I understand this announce correctly, the complete inn port will be dropped to oblivion. Yes, and that shouldn't (and won't) happen. Wouldn't it be better to stabilize inn 2.5 (there's even a 2.5.1 release out

[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Duncan
Arnaud Launay posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:30:24 +0100 as excerpted: Hello, Le Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:05:16PM +0200, Markos Chandras a écrit: # Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org (11 Jan 2010) # Fails with -Wl,--as-needed # bug #182782. Removal in 30 days net-nntp/inn As a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Richard Freeman
On 01/11/2010 06:30 PM, Arnaud Launay wrote: As a newsmaster, I'm a bit concerned by this. Yeah, inn seems like a really high-profile package to mask for removal. It would be conspicuous in its absence. Would it make sense to post on -dev BEFORE masking packages like this? I'm sure there

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:02:14 +0100 Jeroen Roovers j...@gentoo.org wrote: I'm working on getting 2.5.1 in the tree (and fixing a USE=python and some other issues while I'm at it). net-nntp/inn-2.5.1 is in the tree and fixes many (QA) issues. Please track bug #300650 [1] if you want to stay

Re: [gentoo-dev] PYTHON_DEPEND - Suggested replacement for NEED_PYTHON

2010-01-11 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 01/11/10 09:47, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote: 2010-01-11 04:55:02 Sebastian Pipping napisał(a): PYTHON_DEPEND=2:2.5:2.6 Dependency on Python 2.6 or 2.5. The colon (':') has two different semantics here. The colon is only separator of components, so it has the same

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Jeremy Olexa
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:36:37 -0500, Richard Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On 01/11/2010 06:30 PM, Arnaud Launay wrote: As a newsmaster, I'm a bit concerned by this. Yeah, inn seems like a really high-profile package to mask for removal. It would be conspicuous in its absence. Would

[gentoo-dev] Thanks for the rescue! Was: Last rites: net-nntp/inn

2010-01-11 Thread Duncan
Jeroen Roovers posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:22:05 +0100 as excerpted: net-nntp/inn-2.5.1 is in the tree and fixes many (QA) issues. [ etc] Thanks! =:^) (Not to be an aoler and metoo, but I asked some time ago and the consensus seemed to be that thanks were good even if they meant an extra

[gentoo-portage-dev] equery displays warnings about masked deps, even when those deps are deeper than --depth specification

2010-01-11 Thread Amit Dor-Shifer
test-depgraph has a primary dep: amit0 ~ # equery depgraph --depth=1 test-depgraph [ Searching for packages matching test-depgraph... ] * dependency graph for test/test-depgraph-1.0 `-- test/test-depgraph-1.0 `-- test/test-primary-dep-1.0 [ test/test-depgraph-1.0 stats: packages (2), max depth

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] equery displays warnings about masked deps, even when those deps are deeper than --depth specification

2010-01-11 Thread Paul Varner
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 15:40 +0200, Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: is this a bug? As the gentoolkit maintainer, I would say that it is a bug. Which version of gentoolkit do you have installed? Regards, Paul

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] equery displays warnings about masked deps, even when those deps are deeper than --depth specification

2010-01-11 Thread Amit Dor-Shifer
amit0 ~ # qfile -v $(which equery) app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.4.5 (/usr/bin/equery) Paul Varner wrote: On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 15:40 +0200, Amit Dor-Shifer wrote: is this a bug? As the gentoolkit maintainer, I would say that it is a bug. Which version of gentoolkit do you have