Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Michael Haubenwallner
On 04/27/12 00:03, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?): * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force * meaning is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:03:54 +0200 Andreas K. Huettel dilfri...@gentoo.org wrote: * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force * meaning is identical to package.use.mask

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force * meaning is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force, except that the resulting rules are

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Ulrich Mueller
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force * meaning is identical to package.use.mask

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 26/04/12 06:03 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: Dear all, I'd like to suggest we introduce the following very useful feature, as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?): * two new files in profile directories supported,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn chith...@gentoo.org wrote: I agree that the ~arch ebuilds should be tested in the same configuration in which they will end up in arch. However in this case, the possible configurations for arch are a subset of those in ~arch, so

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 06:49 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 17:26:48 schrieb Zac Medico: Maybe I'm missing something, but what would happen when the newest version of a package is marked stable? The masked USE flags would become unavailable for everyone? In order to be practical, I guess we'd have to add a constraint

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 13:35:21 schrieb Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn: Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force * meaning is identical

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 16:31:10 schrieb Ian Stakenvicius: Where this would (have been|be) useful: * we had for a long time different revisions of subversion with/without kde useflag * cups-1.4 had the infamous libusb backend triggered by USE=usb * cups-1.5 has optional systemd support

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Freitag 27 April 2012, 11:30:57 schrieb Michael Haubenwallner: On 04/27/12 00:03, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?): * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread David Leverton
Zac Medico wrote: So, here's a description of the whole algorithm that I'd use: [snip] I think the following is equivalent, but simpler and more general since it doesn't have to mention details like ** and friends that aren't currently in PMS, and doesn't assume that the rule for handling

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-27 Thread Zac Medico
On 04/27/2012 12:57 PM, David Leverton wrote: Zac Medico wrote: So, here's a description of the whole algorithm that I'd use: [snip] I think the following is equivalent, but simpler and more general since it doesn't have to mention details like ** and friends that aren't currently in PMS,

[gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-26 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Dear all, I'd like to suggest we introduce the following very useful feature, as soon as possible (which likely means in the next EAPI?): * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force

2012-04-26 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Thursday 26 April 2012 18:03:54 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: * two new files in profile directories supported, package.use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.force * syntax is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force * meaning is identical to package.use.mask and package.use.force,