[gentoo-dev] Re: Status of sparc-fbsd

2011-02-10 Thread Torsten Veller
* Samuli Suominen : > So I think your own chance is to contact aballier, ask if he still has > access (or ask for renewed opinion for the killing) That was the intention. I cc'ed the bsd team and am still expecting a reply. I will move the sparc-bsd and amd-bsd profiles to "exp" in one week. I su

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 02/10/2011 11:03 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > On Thursday 10 February 2011 21:49:53 Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >> Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 14.08 -0600, Ryan Hill ha scritto: >>> Hey, here's an idea. Before you go making big masks like this for >>> packages >>> several people depend on,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Alec Warner
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Ryan Hill wrote: > On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:49:53 +0100 > Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > >> Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 14.08 -0600, Ryan Hill ha scritto: >> > Hey, here's an idea.  Before you go making big masks like this for >> > packages >> > several people depen

[gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Hill
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:49:53 +0100 Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 14.08 -0600, Ryan Hill ha scritto: > > Hey, here's an idea. Before you go making big masks like this for > > packages > > several people depend on, maybe try looking for a maintainer. > > That is *exa

Re: [gentoo-dev] automated testing framework for Gentoo on Supercell at the OSL

2011-02-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: > Yes, I would definitely be interested in having some spare vms to run > some automated tests etc. Probably other QA member would be interested > as well I'd be really interested in something that ends up as a howto on automated testing / t

Re: [gentoo-dev] automated testing framework for Gentoo on Supercell at the OSL

2011-02-10 Thread Markos Chandras
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 04:44:10PM -0800, Tim Harder wrote: > Hi all, > > Is anyone interested in getting some type of automated Gentoo testing > framework setup on the new Supercell infrastructure [1] at the OSUOSL? > In a nutshell, Supercell allows projects to spin up their own VMs on > demand u

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 22.03 +0100, Andreas K. Huettel ha scritto: > Hey come on. If you really wanted to find a maintainer, you'd have > given me > the time to check back with upstream instead of just refusing a > revert. You get to maintain (and unmask) the package *after* it's fixed.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
On Thursday 10 February 2011 21:49:53 Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 14.08 -0600, Ryan Hill ha scritto: > > Hey, here's an idea. Before you go making big masks like this for > > packages > > several people depend on, maybe try looking for a maintainer. > > That is *exa

[gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 14.08 -0600, Ryan Hill ha scritto: > Hey, here's an idea. Before you go making big masks like this for > packages > several people depend on, maybe try looking for a maintainer. That is *exactly* what these masks are. And you should know there is *no* "five minutes

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Krzysztof Pawlik
On 02/10/11 21:09, Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 02/10/2011 10:01 PM, Krzysztof Pawlik wrote: >> I don't exactly see how what you've written is of any relevance to the main >> point of this - the original issue was *extremely* simple: whenever >> maintainer's >> (active, inactive, last maintainer, w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 02/10/2011 10:01 PM, Krzysztof Pawlik wrote: > I don't exactly see how what you've written is of any relevance to the main > point of this - the original issue was *extremely* simple: whenever > maintainer's > (active, inactive, last maintainer, whatever) ACK should be mentioned in the > messag

[gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Ryan Hill
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:23:08 +0200 Samuli Suominen wrote: > # Samuli Suominen (10 Feb 2011) > # Unmaintained and completely broken wrt bugs > # 185475, 211262, 247268, 276220, 287751, 293501, 298109, > # 301729, 308801, 311763, 311765, 328691, 340605, 348483, > # 352506, 237366, 250054 > # Remov

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Krzysztof Pawlik
On 02/10/11 20:36, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 19.44 +0100, Krzysztof Pawlik ha scritto: >> >> I don't agree with that - QA doesn't give anyone a silver bullet for >> killing >> whatever you want (or whatever you think should die). Maintainer must >> be >> *always* no

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 19.44 +0100, Krzysztof Pawlik ha scritto: > > I don't agree with that - QA doesn't give anyone a silver bullet for > killing > whatever you want (or whatever you think should die). Maintainer must > be > *always* notified/pinged/mailed/im'ed/phoned/poked when his pac

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Krzysztof Pawlik
On 02/10/11 19:02, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >> Sorry but it really matters very little whether maintainer acks at all, *if >> the package fails to build*. I don't agree with that - QA doesn't give anyone a silver bullet for killing whatever you want (or whatever you think should die). Maintainer

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
> Sorry but it really matters very little whether maintainer acks at all, > *if the package fails to build*. > > We're not talking about a single problem with a single package. Yes, you are completely right regarding the ebuilds. I do not dispute at all that masking them is a correct way of actio

[gentoo-dev] Re: Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno gio, 10/02/2011 alle 18.00 +0100, Andreas K. Huettel ha scritto: > > Guys you have a communication problem. Even though you are QA and can > do whatever you want it would probably help your public image if you > just add to the original e-mail "acked by peper" / "acked by > maintainer"..

Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
On Thursday 10 February 2011 17:40:07 Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 02/10/2011 06:30 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > > Samuli, I'll revert the mask tonight for the moment (removing and then soon > > re-adding makes no sense), until I know more. If the project remains as > > sluggish as it is now,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 02/10/2011 06:30 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > Sigh. > > After talking to peper, I've been trying to get it running with snapshots > recently (in my overlay), with mixed success. > > Does anyone here know anything about the 0.40 release - will it be before or > after Duke Nukem? (No co

Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Sigh. After talking to peper, I've been trying to get it running with snapshots recently (in my overlay), with mixed success. Does anyone here know anything about the 0.40 release - will it be before or after Duke Nukem? (No commits so far since I was waiting for any information about that.)

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 21:18 Wed 09 Feb , Fabian Groffen wrote: > This is a post-FOSDEM call for people with interest for a Gentoo > text-based installer. > > If you are a developer, or Gentoo user, and feel like spending some time > on (possibly) creating a text-based installer for Gentoo in cooperation > with o

[gentoo-dev] Lastrite: app-pda/libopensync and reverse dependencies

2011-02-10 Thread Samuli Suominen
# Samuli Suominen (10 Feb 2011) # Unmaintained and completely broken wrt bugs # 185475, 211262, 247268, 276220, 287751, 293501, 298109, # 301729, 308801, 311763, 311765, 328691, 340605, 348483, # 352506, 237366, 250054 # Removal in 30 days app-pda/barry app-pda/libopensync app-pda/libopensync-plug

[gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Duncan
Fabian Groffen posted on Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:39:39 +0100 as excerpted: > On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: >> The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, >> without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a >> standard install, newbie-or

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Konstantin Tokarev dixit (2011-02-10, 13:01): > > > 10.02.2011, 12:56, "Antoni Grzymala" : > > Fabian Groffen dixit (2011-02-10, 10:39): > > > >>  On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > >>>  The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, > >>>  without try

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Konstantin Tokarev
10.02.2011, 12:56, "Antoni Grzymala" : > Fabian Groffen dixit (2011-02-10, 10:39): > >>  On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: >>>  The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, >>>  without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a >>>  stan

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Fabian Groffen dixit (2011-02-10, 10:39): > On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > > The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, > > without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a > > standard install, newbie-oriented scenario would be d

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, > without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a > standard install, newbie-oriented scenario would be definitely good. > Experienced people won't use it a