Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Patrick Lauer
@council: We need to discuss ways to improve the current policy. See below. On 06/07/11 23:09, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:47:29 Dane Smith wrote: To be perfectly blunt, no small part of what caused this current fiasco was this exact attitude. I don't like the current

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Dirkjan Ochtman
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:27, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: In all cases I want one resource to look at, viewcvs is a horrible and slow interface. So it does make sense to keep changelogs filled with information - maybe automation is needed, I don't have a strong opinion either way.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Michał Górny
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 11:28:47 +0200 Dirkjan Ochtman d...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:27, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: In all cases I want one resource to look at, viewcvs is a horrible and slow interface. So it does make sense to keep changelogs filled with

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 06/08/11 11:43, Michał Górny wrote: On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 11:28:47 +0200 Dirkjan Ochtman d...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:27, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: In all cases I want one resource to look at, viewcvs is a horrible and slow interface. So it does make sense

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 06/08/2011 12:28 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:27, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: In all cases I want one resource to look at, viewcvs is a horrible and slow interface. So it does make sense to keep changelogs filled with information - maybe automation is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Dirkjan Ochtman
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:45, Samuli Suominen ssuomi...@gentoo.org wrote: IMO we should just make repoman commit update the ChangeLog. Then repoman commit should have a flag to leave out removals from ChangeLog entries so unlazy people can still leave the cruft out from them. Ref.

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Duncan
Dale posted on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:45:34 -0500 as excerpted: Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 19:41:20 Dale wrote: I have a question or two. I don't care if you, or others, reply to this with a answer, just think on it. A policy, rule if you will, has been decided on by

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: He didn't say he was going to defy council, rather, that he simply wouldn't be removing ebuilds /at/ /all/ until either the changelog is auto- generated (making the case moot) or the council changes policy. That means they'll

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 23:44:49 Michał Górny wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:45:03 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 17:36:59 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:35:11 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: And yes, it should be automated. I agree. Doesn't change the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 23:45:34 Dale wrote: So, council says it has to be done. You say you won't. Tell me where I missed the point here. you missed the point as soon as you incorrectly stated that i said i wont. thus the rest of your e-mail is useless noise. -mike signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday, June 08, 2011 05:27:27 Patrick Lauer wrote: So you say that you want to follow the rules but accidentally forgot it? no idea what you're talking about. the new policy has 0 relevance to actions performed before said policy went into effect. -mike signature.asc Description: This

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Matt Turner
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: On Wednesday, June 08, 2011 05:27:27 Patrick Lauer wrote: So you say that you want to follow the rules but accidentally forgot it? no idea what you're talking about.  the new policy has 0 relevance to actions performed

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday, June 08, 2011 13:40:49 Matt Turner wrote: and was 3 weeks later on Jun 7. i havent had much time for Gentoo lately :/. but maybe people think that's good so i'll stop being a hassle. -mike signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Dale
Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 23:45:34 Dale wrote: So, council says it has to be done. You say you won't. Tell me where I missed the point here. you missed the point as soon as you incorrectly stated that i said i wont. thus the rest of your e-mail is useless

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-08 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday, June 08, 2011 13:04:08 Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 23:45:34 Dale wrote: So, council says it has to be done. You say you won't. Tell me where I missed the point here. you missed the point as soon as you incorrectly stated that i said i wont. thus the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday, May 16, 2011 09:41:08 Mark Loeser wrote: Mike Frysinger (vapier) vap...@gentoo.org said: vapier 11/05/16 03:30:02 Removed: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild Log: old Please document removal of ebuilds in ChangeLogs. waste of time. i simply wont bother

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Dane Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/07/11 15:53, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Monday, May 16, 2011 09:41:08 Mark Loeser wrote: Mike Frysinger (vapier) vap...@gentoo.org said: vapier 11/05/16 03:30:02 Removed: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild Log: old Please

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:47:29 Dane Smith wrote: To be perfectly blunt, no small part of what caused this current fiasco was this exact attitude. I don't like the current policy either, it's far too wide. However, if you go back and look at why it even *got* to council, it was because you

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
On 06/07/11 15:53, Mike Frysinger wrote: (...) waste of time. i simply wont bother removing old versions until changelogs start being autogenerated or the policy is sane again. For the record, I support Dane's statement 100%. In addition, I would like to say that you're behaving pretty

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 06/07/2011 10:53 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Monday, May 16, 2011 09:41:08 Mark Loeser wrote: Mike Frysinger (vapier) vap...@gentoo.org said: vapier 11/05/16 03:30:02 Removed: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild Log: old Please document removal of ebuilds in ChangeLogs.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 17:14:05 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: On 06/07/11 15:53, Mike Frysinger wrote: waste of time. i simply wont bother removing old versions until changelogs start being autogenerated or the policy is sane again. For the record, I support Dane's statement 100%. In

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Dane Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/07/11 17:09, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:47:29 Dane Smith wrote: To be perfectly blunt, no small part of what caused this current fiasco was this exact attitude. I don't like the current policy either, it's far too

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Matt Turner
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Samuli Suominen ssuomi...@gentoo.org wrote: On 06/07/2011 10:53 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Monday, May 16, 2011 09:41:08 Mark Loeser wrote: Mike Frysinger (vapier) vap...@gentoo.org said: vapier      11/05/16 03:30:02   Removed:              

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Matt Turner
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:47:29 Dane Smith wrote: To be perfectly blunt, no small part of what caused this current fiasco was this exact attitude. I don't like the current policy either, it's far too wide. However, if

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 17:23:23 Dane Smith wrote: On 06/07/11 17:09, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:47:29 Dane Smith wrote: To be perfectly blunt, no small part of what caused this current fiasco was this exact attitude. I don't like the current policy either, it's

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:35:11 -0400 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: And yes, it should be automated. I agree. Doesn't change the current situation. of course it does. it makes the current situation irrelevant. Does this mean we should shortly be expecting to see you do the work to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Alec Warner
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Ciaran McCreesh ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:35:11 -0400 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: And yes, it should be automated. I agree. Doesn't change the current situation. of course it does.  it makes the current situation

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 17:36:59 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:35:11 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: And yes, it should be automated. I agree. Doesn't change the current situation. of course it does. it makes the current situation irrelevant. Does this mean we should

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 17:32:03 Matt Turner wrote: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:47:29 Dane Smith wrote: To be perfectly blunt, no small part of what caused this current fiasco was this exact attitude. I don't like the current policy

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Matt Turner
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 17:32:03 Matt Turner wrote: On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:47:29 Dane Smith wrote: To be perfectly blunt, no small part of what caused this

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 18:08:17 Matt Turner wrote: There _was_ a policy before, but it was unclear about documenting version removals and arguably didn't require it, so after a few developers (you've been often mentioned as one of them) refused to document version removals in the changelog,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Dale
Mike Frysinger wrote: seems we gauge things differently as i dont think it's that black white, although it probably is further in your white than in my black. further, i dont believe people actually get useful information out of this, they just think they do (perception vs reality). when an

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 19:41:20 Dale wrote: I have a question or two. I don't care if you, or others, reply to this with a answer, just think on it. A policy, rule if you will, has been decided on by the council. This after MUCH discussion on this list and the council hearing both sides

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Michał Górny
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:45:03 -0400 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 17:36:59 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:35:11 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: And yes, it should be automated. I agree. Doesn't change the current situation. of course

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-06-07 Thread Dale
Mike Frysinger wrote: On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 19:41:20 Dale wrote: I have a question or two. I don't care if you, or others, reply to this with a answer, just think on it. A policy, rule if you will, has been decided on by the council. This after MUCH discussion on this list and the

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Loeser
Mike Frysinger (vapier) vap...@gentoo.org said: vapier 11/05/16 03:30:02 Removed: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild Log: old Please document removal of ebuilds in ChangeLogs. http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/misc-files/changelog/ It'd also be better to do this all as

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread RB
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 07:41, Mark Loeser halc...@gentoo.org wrote: Mike Frysinger (vapier) vap...@gentoo.org said: vapier      11/05/16 03:30:02   Removed:              bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild   Log:   old Please document removal of ebuilds in ChangeLogs. It would also seem manifests

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Kacper Kowalik
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 W dniu 16.05.2011 15:41, Mark Loeser pisze: Mike Frysinger (vapier) vap...@gentoo.org said: vapier 11/05/16 03:30:02 Removed: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild Log: old Please document removal of ebuilds in ChangeLogs.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike)
El 16/05/11 19:54, Kacper Kowalik escribió: Neither of those points include sending mail to gentoo-dev, which tend to quickly convert into the witch hunt and seldom lead to anything conclusive. To some of us (i.e. me as a staffer and probably any wanna be developer following the list) it is a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Markos Chandras
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:19:45PM +0200, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike) wrote: El 16/05/11 19:54, Kacper Kowalik escribió: Neither of those points include sending mail to gentoo-dev, which tend to quickly convert into the witch hunt and seldom lead to anything conclusive. To

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Alec Warner
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:19:45PM +0200, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike) wrote: El 16/05/11 19:54, Kacper Kowalik escribió: Neither of those points include sending mail to gentoo-dev, which tend to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Loeser
Alec Warner anta...@gentoo.org said: On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:19:45PM +0200, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike) wrote: El 16/05/11 19:54, Kacper Kowalik escribió: Neither of those points include

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-arch/bzip2: bzip2-1.0.5-r1.ebuild

2011-05-16 Thread Markos Chandras
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:45:14PM -0700, Alec Warner wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:19:45PM +0200, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike) wrote: El 16/05/11 19:54, Kacper Kowalik escribió: Neither of