Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-20 Thread Peter Volkov
В Вск, 13/07/2008 в 23:52 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh пишет: Which part of the 'Problem' section in the GLEP didn't you understand? Do you seriously consider not being able to add or change global scope functions in future EAPIs to be a non-issue, or were you ignoring those two bullet points? I've

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-20 Thread Patrick Börjesson
On 2008-07-20 17:38, Peter Volkov uttered these thoughts: В Вск, 13/07/2008 в 23:52 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh пишет: Which part of the 'Problem' section in the GLEP didn't you understand? Do you seriously consider not being able to add or change global scope functions in future EAPIs to be a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Petteri Räty
Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti: On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:16:23 -0700 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as could be determined by the members at the meeting there no compelling examples in Gentoo who to change or add global scope functions in future EAPIs. As such those problems as stated

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:58:01 +0300 Petteri Räty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I can think a lot of features like this that would be of great use in the main tree but as long as Portage is the only official and stable package manager and doesn't support the things you listed, the GLEP is not of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Petteri Räty
Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti: On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:58:01 +0300 Petteri Räty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes I can think a lot of features like this that would be of great use in the main tree but as long as Portage is the only official and stable package manager and doesn't support the things you

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:16:42 +0300 Petteri Räty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you're saying the GLEP's of no use until Portage supports them, but Portage can't support them until you say yes to the GLEP... I am saying that it makes sense to approve both at the same time or have other

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Joe Peterson
Petteri Räty wrote: I am saying that it makes sense to approve both at the same time or have other official package managers approved before accepting the GLEP. In addition, I'd want to see why the particular approach suggested in this GELP is the only way (as some seem to claim). I have yet

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Richard Freeman
Petteri Räty wrote: Ciaran McCreesh kirjoitti: So you're saying the GLEP's of no use until Portage supports them, but Portage can't support them until you say yes to the GLEP... I am saying that it makes sense to approve both at the same time or have other official package managers approved

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:58:36 -0400 Richard Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would it be more constructive to create a list of new features/capabilities that depend on this GLEP. For each I'd define: 1. The feature/unmet need. 2. Why it can't be done or can only be done poorly without the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-14 Thread Santiago M. Mola
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Jeroen Roovers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What GLEP 55 fails to address right now is the very development process it is seemingly supposed to alleviate. It addresses the issue of EAPI implementation from the viewpoint of the package manager's developer, but it

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-14 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:32:58 +0200 Jeroen Roovers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry to say this, but I actually do take offence at most things you write. Perhaps you should consider what that indicates about yourself, rather than about me. As you know fine well, implementing what clearly

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Marius Mauch
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:11:18 -0700 Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Betelgeuse@ dberkholz: with GLEP 55 EAPI X can add the support for scm Betelgeuse@ dberkholz: and older Portage versions work just fine I thought we established that EAPI (no matter how it's defined) only controls

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:11:18 -0700 Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GLEP 55: On hold pending a concrete requirement for it. GLEP 54 may be, but that's unclear until it's been revised. Which part of the 'Problem' section in the GLEP didn't you understand? Do you seriously consider not

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Alec Warner
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:11:18 -0700 Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GLEP 55: On hold pending a concrete requirement for it. GLEP 54 may be, but that's unclear until it's been revised. Which part of the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Alec Warner
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:11:18 -0700 Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GLEP 55: On hold pending a concrete requirement for it. GLEP 54 may be,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:16:23 -0700 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as could be determined by the members at the meeting there no compelling examples in Gentoo who to change or add global scope functions in future EAPIs. As such those problems as stated are not in scope for Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Alec Warner
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:16:23 -0700 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as could be determined by the members at the meeting there no compelling examples in Gentoo who to change or add global scope functions in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:37:35 -0700 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't require any of those things, but maybe other people do and If so; they should probably come to the meeting or otherwise make themselves known because they were not at the previous meeting.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:43:06 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are already doing those other things, and doing them badly, because there's currently no other option. This isn't some hypothetical future requirement. When you wrote doing them badly, did you mean to imply

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council meeting summary for 10 July 2008

2008-07-13 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:13:44 +0200 Jeroen Roovers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:43:06 +0100 Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People are already doing those other things, and doing them badly, because there's currently no other option. This isn't some hypothetical