Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Saturday 14 October 2006 21:46, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: As opposed to having to keep multiple ebuilds in sync, which is even harder because they're not all in the same location. what are you talking about ? the point of having per-package defaults is so that you can enable a flag by default

Re: [gentoo-dev] New Developer: David Shakaryan (omp)

2006-10-15 Thread Peter Gordon
Christian Heim wrote: [..] So please welcome David as a new fellow developer among us! Welcome aboard, ompy. Now we can discuss openbox-related packaging tips together. ^_^ -- Peter Gordon (codergeek42) Gentoo Forums Global Moderator GnuPG Public Key ID: 0xFFC19479 / Fingerprint: DD68 A414

Re: [gentoo-dev] Resurrecting Project Dolphin

2006-10-15 Thread Thilo Bangert
I hereby request every person make suggestions. Please note, that Dolphin will be a CLI-based CD only, so no X-Applications will be taken into consideration. i'd like to see debootstrap on there as well. debian is PITA, but sometimes that is out of our control. having a familiar install CD

[gentoo-dev] Re: New Developer: David Shakaryan (omp)

2006-10-15 Thread Stefan Schweizer
Christian Heim wrote: So please welcome David as a new fellow developer among us! You are welcome, David! It is nice to see another of the sunrise people join Gentoo. Also thanks to Christian - you are doing an awesome job these days handling new developers. Delays are no longer an issue. You

Re: [gentoo-dev] X.Org 7.1 is Stable

2006-10-15 Thread Pablo Yanez Trujillo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I updated my xorg yesterday. Does it build? yes Does it run? yes Will it damage your system? I don't think so, my system survived the update ;) Pablo Pablo Yánez Trujillo http://klingsor.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/ Joshua Baergen wrote:

Re: [gentoo-dev] New Developer: David Shakaryan (omp)

2006-10-15 Thread Timothy Redaelli
Alle 21:12, sabato 14 ottobre 2006, Christian Heim ha scritto: Its my pleasure to introduce to you David Shakaryan (also known as omp), our latest addition joining to help out with desktop-misc and the commonbox-herd. He hails from Glendale (that's in the Los Angeles area as he told me). So

[gentoo-dev] Re: Announcing The Gentoo Common Lisp Project

2006-10-15 Thread Christian 'Opfer' Faulhammer
Tach Matthew, 0x2B859DE3 (PGP-PK-ID) Matthew Kennedy schrieb: We hope users will contribute to our Darcs overlay instead of simply filing bugs. I asked to include the overlay in the official layman configuration. V-Li -- Fingerprint: 68C5 D381 B69A A777

[gentoo-dev] langs.eclass - reborn ;]

2006-10-15 Thread Piotr Jaroszyński
Hello, After long holidays I recalled that I have written a new eclass. It's name says pretty much everything, it simplifies handling of linguas in ebuilds. I hope it's well documented, but I have also written a simple bash script and made a patch for mozilla-firefox-2.0_rc2.ebuild to show how

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:14:34 -0400 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I don't think there is The One Correct Way here; it's purely an | arbitrary choice. I'd prefer to let people do it either way. And I'd prefer that it all be kept in one place, to avoid making what's already fairly

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:09:58 -0400 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | what are you talking about ? the point of having per-package | defaults is so that you can enable a flag by default in one package | only package != ebuild. | to take the oss example, we would want to remove that from

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sunday 15 October 2006 14:16, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:09:58 -0400 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | what are you talking about ? the point of having per-package | defaults is so that you can enable a flag by default in one package | only package != ebuild. | to

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:09:32 -0400 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Sunday 15 October 2006 14:16, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:09:58 -0400 Mike Frysinger | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | what are you talking about ? the point of having per-package | | defaults is so that

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Brian Harring
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 08:22:01PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:09:32 -0400 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Sunday 15 October 2006 14:16, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:09:58 -0400 Mike Frysinger | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | what are you

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:27:20 -0700 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ebuilds already have a boatload of duplication; They have no duplication related to whether a USE flag is enabled. | bit of a red herring | however complaining about a single char in IUSE to indicate a flag | defaults

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Brian Harring
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 08:37:48PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:27:20 -0700 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ebuilds already have a boatload of duplication; They have no duplication related to whether a USE flag is enabled. ...Because until up until now, THEY

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:05:09 -0700 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 08:37:48PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:27:20 -0700 Brian Harring | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Ebuilds already have a boatload of duplication; | | They have no

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Jakub Moc
Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:05:09 -0700 Brian Harring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 08:37:48PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:27:20 -0700 Brian Harring | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Ebuilds already have a boatload of

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:35:10 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Which is why I suggested changing Portage's behaviour earlier in the | thread. Like it or not, overlays are already getting complex enough | that they'd benefit from profile behaviour. | | Because maintaining your own

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Alec Warner
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Yup. Default USE flags are profile dependent data. The sensible default value varies depending upon conditions like arch and system role. I disagree; they are not all profile dependent. The point here being you can argue all your like; it's like me liking pink rather

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:01:58 -0400 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | Yup. Default USE flags are profile dependent data. The sensible | default value varies depending upon conditions like arch and system | role. | | | I disagree; they are not all profile

[gentoo-dev] Last rites net-misc/klapjack

2006-10-15 Thread Jose Alberto Suarez Lopez
just is dead stream, and it have a xmms hardepend... so if somebody is interested in the ebuild it is updated and must work. regards -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Jakub Moc
Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:35:10 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Which is why I suggested changing Portage's behaviour earlier in the | thread. Like it or not, overlays are already getting complex enough | that they'd benefit from profile behaviour. | |

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:19:03 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | You mean, than sticking a + before foo in IUSE in every ebuild, and | ensuring that changes are kept in sync and consistent with the | behaviour of every single existing profile. | | Erm, what are you talking about here?

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Jakub Moc
Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:19:03 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | You mean, than sticking a + before foo in IUSE in every ebuild, and | ensuring that changes are kept in sync and consistent with the | behaviour of every single existing profile. | | Erm,

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:44:09 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): | On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:19:03 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] | wrote: | | You mean, than sticking a + before foo in IUSE in every ebuild, | | and ensuring that changes are kept in sync and

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:15:19 -0700 Daniel Ostrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 22:01 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:35:10 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] | wrote: | | Which is why I suggested changing Portage's behaviour earlier | | in the thread.

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Jakub Moc
Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): The profiles change over time. Currently, when the profiles change, the only thing that has to be checked for conflicting USE behaviour is subprofiles. With IUSE defaults, the person making the change will also have to do a sanity check over the entire tree. Uh,

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:25:42 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): | The profiles change over time. Currently, when the profiles change, | the only thing that has to be checked for conflicting USE behaviour | is subprofiles. With IUSE defaults, the person making

[gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ryan Hill
Jakub Moc wrote: Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): The profiles change over time. Currently, when the profiles change, the only thing that has to be checked for conflicting USE behaviour is subprofiles. With IUSE defaults, the person making the change will also have to do a sanity check over the

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Alec Warner
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:25:42 +0200 Jakub Moc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a): | The profiles change over time. Currently, when the profiles change, | the only thing that has to be checked for conflicting USE behaviour | is subprofiles. With IUSE

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Danny van Dyk
Am Montag, 16. Oktober 2006 00:59 schrieb Alec Warner: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | | Uh, what kind of conflicting behaviour and what sanity checks are | you talking about here? Did you _really_ miss the whole point of | this feature? Before changing default values for USE flags, arch and

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sunday 15 October 2006 19:54, Danny van Dyk wrote: From my point of view as an architecture dev and releng member: Having all default USE-flags at one spot (per profile) _is_ easier to maintain. these arent arch or profile specific issues ... these are maintainers themselves being able to

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Danny van Dyk wrote: From my point of view as an architecture dev and releng member: Having all default USE-flags at one spot (per profile) _is_ easier to maintain. Ciaran has a point here: Default useflags have annoyed me in the past while

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:01:58 -0400 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh wrote: | Yup. Default USE flags are profile dependent data. The sensible | default value varies depending upon conditions like arch and system | role. | | | I disagree;

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:59:27 -0400 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I don't see how the location of the default USE affects these things. Searching across an entire tree, plus in things that can be defined in eclasses, is a pain in the ass. | However I still believe there exist examples

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:43:19 -0400 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | per-package IUSE defaults comes after everything else ... so if you | want to change the default in the profile, nothing is stopping you | from doing exactly that Which means that arch people are screwed if they need to

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:43:19 -0400 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | per-package IUSE defaults comes after everything else ... so if you | want to change the default in the profile, nothing is stopping you | from

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Alec Warner
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:59:27 -0400 Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I don't see how the location of the default USE affects these things. Searching across an entire tree, plus in things that can be defined in eclasses, is a pain in the ass. | However I still

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sunday 15 October 2006 22:17, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:43:19 -0400 Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | per-package IUSE defaults comes after everything else ... so if you | want to change the default in the profile, nothing is stopping you | from doing exactly that

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

2006-10-15 Thread Donnie Berkholz
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:56:00 -0700 Donnie Berkholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | There is a solution that provides all of the functionality of the | other, along with some functionality that the other does not | provide, without the drawbacks. That is a better solution.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Resurrecting Project Dolphin

2006-10-15 Thread kashani
Tobias Scherbaum wrote: As some modern server machines doesn't ship with a cd/dvd-rom drive per default also providing an usb-stick image (fitting on 128MB sticks?) makes sense and would help a lot :) In these days of $40 USD one gig USB drives I see the CD as the size limiting factor. :-)