Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-01 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:28:52 +0100 Maciej Mrozowski wrote: > On Thursday 01 of January 2009 23:15:20 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:07:08 +0100 > > > So.. why not blindly use Unix layout everywhere instead (for > > > Gentoo news as well) > > > We do. > > /var/lib/gentoo/news ..

Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-01 Thread Maciej Mrozowski
On Thursday 01 of January 2009 23:15:20 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:07:08 +0100 > > So.. why not blindly use Unix layout everywhere instead (for Gentoo > > news as well) > We do. /var/lib/gentoo/news > Seriously, find something useful to change. I realise it's hard around > he

Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-01 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:07:08 +0100 Maciej Mrozowski wrote: > On Thursday 01 of January 2009 22:03:55 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > No, FHS is not the most commonly used layout. The traditional Unix > > layout is the most commonly used layout. > > So.. why not blindly use Unix layout everywhere instea

Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-01 Thread Maciej Mrozowski
On Thursday 01 of January 2009 22:03:55 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > No, FHS is not the most commonly used layout. The traditional Unix > layout is the most commonly used layout. So.. why not blindly use Unix layout everywhere instead (for Gentoo news as well) On Thursday 01 of January 2009 22:37:28

Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-01 Thread Alistair Bush
Maciej Mrozowski wrote: On Wednesday 31 of December 2008 17:28:09 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: You could use the same argument to say "Gentoo must switch to RPM because LSB says so". No, I would be invalid argumentation - I know it - you know it, so let's not continue with discussion of this kind

Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-01 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:55:13 +0100 Maciej Mrozowski wrote: > That being said I'd rather propose to force Gentoo news to comply to > FHS as FHS is the most commonly used file/directory layout in Gentoo. No, FHS is not the most commonly used layout. The traditional Unix layout is the most commonly u

Re: [gentoo-dev] reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

2009-01-01 Thread Maciej Mrozowski
On Wednesday 31 of December 2008 17:28:09 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:21:45 +0100 > > Maciej Mrozowski wrote: > > On Wednesday 31 of December 2008 16:57:12 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > Gentoo does not comply with the FHS. It was established a long time > > > ago that FHS is con

Re: [gentoo-dev] [SECURITY] Minimizing the suid usage

2009-01-01 Thread Bruno
On Tue, 05 August 2008 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:51:09 +0200 Bruno Prémont wrote: > > Has any progress happened since March for adding support for > > FILE_CAPABILITIES? > > Well, Alon still hasn't backed up his claim that Portage supports > capabilities... Fairly important to

[gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January

2009-01-01 Thread Mike Frysinger
This is your monthly friendly reminder ! Same bat time (typically the 2nd Thursday at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council @ irc.freenode.net) ! If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote on, let us know ! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole G