Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
I'll start answering from the last point since it explains the remaining answers. Sorry for the shuffle. On Tue, 14 May 2013 10:41:27 +0200 Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: On 05/10/2013 09:45 AM, Ralph Sennhauser wrote: [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Systemd#Unit_Files

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Fabio Erculiani
Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained state? openrc-settingsd was the first thing that we as Gentoo developers (Pacho?) had to write in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Fabio Erculiani lx...@gentoo.org wrote: And (and!) how does all this fit together with eudev? If the idea is to either put logind in udev (thus, not creating a separate logind ebuild), it means that eudev is already a dead end for GNOME users, unless the eudev

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Pacho Ramos
El mié, 15-05-2013 a las 15:41 +0200, Fabio Erculiani escribió: Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained state? openrc-settingsd was

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Ben de Groot
On 15 May 2013 21:41, Fabio Erculiani lx...@gentoo.org wrote: Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained state? openrc-settingsd was the

[gentoo-dev] CPU use flag detection

2013-05-15 Thread yac
Hi, I was recently investigating what cpu flags do I have and how does it work. I have put what I have so far at [1]. So I thought I let you know in case someone wants to chip in. [1] https://github.com/yaccz/cufd

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/05/13 10:16 AM, Ben de Groot wrote: On 15 May 2013 21:41, Fabio Erculiani lx...@gentoo.org wrote: And (and!) how does all this fit together with eudev? If the idea is to either put logind in udev (thus, not creating a separate logind

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Luca Barbato
On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained state? openrc-settingsd was the first thing

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Luca Barbato
On 05/15/2013 05:03 PM, Luca Barbato wrote: On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:03 +0200 Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: - those not using the latest glibc (and maybe uclibc) Did you test this? Are there more specific details regarding this? Which version don't work? Is it known why? - those not using a recent linux kernel It works on

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:03 +0200 Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: - those not using the latest glibc (and maybe uclibc) Did you test this? Are there more specific details regarding this? Which version don't work?

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:13 +0200 Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: ... GNOME ... And given that the end-plan according to the guys is to kill the distributions shall we just close Gentoo now? Let's not exaggerate things, there are a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 15 May 2013 13:25:11 -0400 Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: Don't take it personally or as an attack on systemd. I think he was just pointing out that there are many use cases where systemd may not be

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 13:25:11 -0400 Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: In any case, there really isn't any decision to make here. Then for what purpose is this discussion still going on? No comment on that... Maybe

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH eutils] prune_libtool_files: do not remove non-libtool .la files.

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
On Fri, 3 May 2013 17:54:36 +0200 Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: Let's assume that all libtool files have a consistent format and contain a line stating 'shouldnotlink=(yes|no)'. We use that to distinguish modules from libraries, so we can as well use it to validate the .la file to

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCHES] distutils-r1: support 'edefault' in sub-phase functions

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
On Wed, 1 May 2013 22:42:05 +0200 Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: To make this more friendly, I would likely to locally introduce 'edefault' function in the eclass (name can change). The function would -- similarly to 'default' in regular phase functions -- call the default code for the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Pacho Ramos
El mié, 15-05-2013 a las 15:02 -0400, Rich Freeman escribió: [...] No comment on that... Maybe another way of saying things is that really the onus is on those who want others to change their behavior to explain why they should change. So, if you're seeking a change in behavior be up-front

[gentoo-dev] [PATCH multibuild.eclass] Use portable locking code from Fabian Groffen.

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
The 'userland_*' flags have proven not good enough to determine the availability of lock helpers. Fabian provided a nice portable locking code instead. Fixes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466554 --- gx86/eclass/multibuild.eclass | 29 +++-- 1 file changed, 15

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Alexander Berntsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux kernel And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at all. - -- Alexander alexan...@plaimi.net http://plaimi.net/~alexander -BEGIN PGP

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 15 May 2013 22:56:21 +0200 Alexander Berntsen alexan...@plaimi.net wrote: On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux kernel And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 03:41:31PM +0200, Fabio Erculiani wrote Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained state? openrc-settingsd was

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:18 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: Question... when Sun made OpenOffice depend on Java (also a Sun product) did Gentoo developers run around suggesting that Java be made a part of the core Gentoo base system? I don't think so. If a user wants to run GNOME badly

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Matthew Thode
On 05/15/13 16:01, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 22:56:21 +0200 Alexander Berntsen alexan...@plaimi.net wrote: On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux kernel And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at all.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 06:38:14PM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote It will probably be more than a decade before anybody is FORCED to run systemd on Gentoo. You don't even have to run udev on Gentoo. It will probably be years before the default even changes, assuming the trajectory of systemd

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:16:01PM +0800, Ben de Groot wrote: We don't control upstreams, but we still have choices. At this point I only see Gnome and udev upstreams who are forcing their users to use systemd. (There may be other projects too that I'm not aware of.) Udev doesn't force

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:56:21PM +0200, Alexander Berntsen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux kernel And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at all. I'm

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 02:18:13PM -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 03:41:31PM +0200, Fabio Erculiani wrote Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Matthew Thode
On 05/15/13 19:27, William Hubbs wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:16:01PM +0800, Ben de Groot wrote: We don't control upstreams, but we still have choices. At this point I only see Gnome and udev upstreams who are forcing their users to use systemd. (There may be other projects too that I'm

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Matthew Thode
On 05/15/13 20:20, William Hubbs wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 02:18:13PM -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 03:41:31PM +0200, Fabio Erculiani wrote Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Package up for grabs: dev-libs/fcgi

2013-05-15 Thread Rafael Goncalves Martins
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Rafael Goncalves Martins rafaelmart...@gentoo.org wrote: On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Hans de Graaff gra...@gentoo.org wrote: Hi, I thought I already dropped maintainership of this package a long time ago, since I haven't been using fastcgi for ages,

Re: Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 05/15/2013 08:41 AM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained state? openrc-settingsd was the first thing

[gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Duncan
Rich Freeman posted on Wed, 15 May 2013 10:01:57 -0400 as excerpted: Gentoo is about choice, but that doesn't mean that every developer has to support every possible choice on every package. ++ Eudev not working with gnome is not a reason to hold back either project. Not every option in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in mail-client/claws-mail: ChangeLog claws-mail-3.9.1.ebuild

2013-05-15 Thread Christian Faulhammer
Hi, Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org: libnotify is only a fraction of the supported notification means of said plugin in Claws. Is the remaining fraction usable without libnotify on Gentoo? Yes. Regards V-Li -- Christian Faulhammer, Gentoo Lisp project

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-15 Thread Luca Barbato
On 05/15/2013 07:26 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:13 +0200 Luca Barbato lu_z...@gentoo.org wrote: On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: ... GNOME ... And given that the end-plan according to the guys is to kill the distributions shall we just close Gentoo now?