Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-23 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 20.12.2012 18:27, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > Now I wonder: After removal of e.g. the Portage tree from a system, it > is generally not possible to restore it. (It can be refetched, but not > to its previous state.) > > Same is true for distfiles, at least to some degree. They may have > vanished u

Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-23 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/. I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY I would prefer something that blends with FHS. Best, Se

[gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2012-12-23 23h59 UTC

2012-12-23 Thread Robin H. Johnson
The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2012-12-23 23h59 UTC. Removals: media-sound/leechcraft-muziczombie 2012-12-18 17:31:53 maksbotan media-sound/leechcraft-muziczombie 2012-12-18 18:05:32 maksbotan media-sound/

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Pacho Ramos
El lun, 24-12-2012 a las 00:17 +0100, Diego Elio Pettenò escribió: > On 23/12/2012 23:54, Pacho Ramos wrote: > > The idea would be to make it to be only shown at first message and, > > later, rely on people reading /usr/share/doc/e4rat-xxx/CONFIGURATION > > file if they want to remember that tip >

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 23/12/2012 23:54, Pacho Ramos wrote: > The idea would be to make it to be only shown at first message and, > later, rely on people reading /usr/share/doc/e4rat-xxx/CONFIGURATION > file if they want to remember that tip So you want in the main documentation a request to read the package document

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Pacho Ramos
El dom, 23-12-2012 a las 13:36 -0800, Zac Medico escribió: > On 12/23/2012 08:35 AM, Brian Dolbec wrote: > > On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 08:58 -0500, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: > >> On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 12:20 +, Markos Chandras wrote: > >>> But like I said, elog messages are already saved in > >>>

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Zac Medico
On 12/23/2012 08:35 AM, Brian Dolbec wrote: > On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 08:58 -0500, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: >> On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 12:20 +, Markos Chandras wrote: >>> But like I said, elog messages are already saved in >>> /var/log/portage/elog/$cat/$pf so people can >>> read these. Isn't th

[gentoo-dev] Proposed removal of service: torrents.gentoo.org

2012-12-23 Thread Robin H. Johnson
torrents.gentoo.org has been down for a few months now, and there have been very few comments about it. Up until a few years ago, it was still quite useful, but I believe that we have sufficient bandwidth and mirror-coverage around the world that it's become a moot point. If you have any complaint

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Brian Dolbec
On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 08:58 -0500, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: > On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 12:20 +, Markos Chandras wrote: > > But like I said, elog messages are already saved in > > /var/log/portage/elog/$cat/$pf so people can > > read these. Isn't this the same with what you suggest? > > Is that

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Markos Chandras
On 23 December 2012 13:58, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: > On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 12:20 +, Markos Chandras wrote: >> But like I said, elog messages are already saved in >> /var/log/portage/elog/$cat/$pf so people can >> read these. Isn't this the same with what you suggest? > > Is that by default

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Alexandre Rostovtsev
On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 12:20 +, Markos Chandras wrote: > But like I said, elog messages are already saved in > /var/log/portage/elog/$cat/$pf so people can > read these. Isn't this the same with what you suggest? Is that by default? And when was that default added? I certainly do not have /va

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Markos Chandras
On 23 December 2012 09:57, Pacho Ramos wrote: > El sáb, 22-12-2012 a las 13:53 -0800, Zac Medico escribió: >> On 12/22/2012 01:46 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: >> > On 22 December 2012 09:26, Pacho Ramos wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> >> >> After seeing: >> >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44021

Re: [gentoo-dev] Time based retirements

2012-12-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: > On 12/23/2012 02:06 AM, Doug Goldstein wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Markos Chandras >> wrote: >>> >>> >> >> I see "free" as "dump a lot of orthogonally related packages on to >> the herd that is listed but really the other he

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Pacho Ramos
El sáb, 22-12-2012 a las 13:53 -0800, Zac Medico escribió: > On 12/22/2012 01:46 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: > > On 22 December 2012 09:26, Pacho Ramos wrote: > >> Hello > >> > >> After seeing: > >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440214 > >> > >> Looking to a lot of its blockers shows that

Re: [gentoo-dev] About using a CONFIGURATION (or SETUP) file under /usr/share/doc for configuration information

2012-12-23 Thread Pacho Ramos
El sáb, 22-12-2012 a las 21:46 +, Markos Chandras escribió: > On 22 December 2012 09:26, Pacho Ramos wrote: > > Hello > > > > After seeing: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440214 > > > > Looking to a lot of its blockers shows that we are using "elog" messages > > for informing peop

Re: [gentoo-dev] Time based retirements

2012-12-23 Thread Markos Chandras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/23/2012 02:06 AM, Doug Goldstein wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Markos Chandras > wrote: >> >> > > I see "free" as "dump a lot of orthogonally related packages on to > the herd that is listed but really the other herd members are

Re: [gentoo-dev] Defaulting for debug information in profiles

2012-12-23 Thread Ben de Groot
On 17 December 2012 18:55, Tomáš Chvátal wrote: > 2012/12/17 Ben de Groot : > > Please don't. For most users this is a waste of resources. > > > On first look it seems like waste of resources. > On second hand it makes stuff easy wrt bugreports provided by users. > And believe me when I say most