Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-11 Thread Kevin F. Quinn
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:30:32 -0800 Ned Ludd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 17:37 +1300, Kent Fredric wrote: On 1/11/07, Marius Mauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I assume there is a non-trivial number of custom scripts out there using make.profile, but that's nothing

[gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Simon Stelling
Hi all, As per bug 148388 [1] comment 1, I'd like to discuss the deprecation of /etc/make.profile and the use of a PORTAGE_PROFILE variable instead. Reason for this change aside from consistency with all other portage settings is the annoyance of re-adjusting the /etc/make.profile link

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Piotr Jaroszyński
On Wednesday 10 January 2007 15:30, Simon Stelling wrote: Before the change to portage is finally made, a few things will have to be done: * Adjust handbook * Adjust the eselect plugin * (Anything I'm missing?) Am I right in thinking there would be a transition period when profile setting

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Ioannis Aslanidis
Make a transition like locales.build and locales.gen, for instance. That would be handy. On 1/10/07, Piotr Jaroszyński [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 10 January 2007 15:30, Simon Stelling wrote: Before the change to portage is finally made, a few things will have to be done: * Adjust

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Josh Saddler
Simon Stelling wrote: Hi all, As per bug 148388 [1] comment 1, I'd like to discuss the deprecation of /etc/make.profile and the use of a PORTAGE_PROFILE variable instead. Reason for this change aside from consistency with all other portage settings is the annoyance of re-adjusting the

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Ned Ludd
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 16:30 +0200, Simon Stelling wrote: Hi all, As per bug 148388 [1] comment 1, I'd like to discuss the deprecation of /etc/make.profile and the use of a PORTAGE_PROFILE variable instead. Reason for this change aside from consistency with all other portage settings is

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Marius Mauch
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:30:00 +0200 Simon Stelling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, As per bug 148388 [1] comment 1, I'd like to discuss the deprecation of /etc/make.profile and the use of a PORTAGE_PROFILE variable instead. Reason for this change aside from consistency with all other

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Kent Fredric
On 1/11/07, Marius Mauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I assume there is a non-trivial number of custom scripts out there using make.profile, but that's nothing we can do about. You could give them all a grace period for which have to comply with the new standard by then end of it, and have (

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Ned Ludd
On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 17:37 +1300, Kent Fredric wrote: On 1/11/07, Marius Mauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I assume there is a non-trivial number of custom scripts out there using make.profile, but that's nothing we can do about. You could give them all a grace period for which have

Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating /etc/make.profile

2007-01-10 Thread Kent Fredric
On 1/11/07, Ned Ludd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or we/gentoo could just support it and stop breaking the end user. uh, the point was, what will happen to all those apps for users who switched to the -new- standard by using make.conf, who will therefore have no make.profile dir, so programs