Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 21/05/2013 05:03, Daniel Campbell wrote: That's missing the point. If you don't run systemd, having unit files is pointless. Thankfully there's INSTALL_MASK and whatnot, but that seems like a hack instead of something more robust. Why include systemd unit files (by default, with no systemd

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Michał Górny
On Tue, 21 May 2013 09:03:54 +0200 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/05/2013 05:03, Daniel Campbell wrote: That's missing the point. If you don't run systemd, having unit files is pointless. Thankfully there's INSTALL_MASK and whatnot, but that seems like a hack instead of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Mon, May 20, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Daniel Campbell wrote: That's missing the point. If you don't run systemd, having unit files is pointless. Thankfully there's INSTALL_MASK and whatnot, but that seems like a hack instead of something more robust. Why include systemd unit files (by default,

Re: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Daniel Campbell dlcampb...@gmx.com wrote: something truly astonishing Well, I have to at least thank you for turning this from just a typical Gentoo flame-war into a breeding ground for LWN Quote of the Week candidates. Rich

[gentoo-dev] TLDNR; Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Steven J. Long
William Hubbs wrote: Steven J. Long wrote: I haven't seen anyone say that in this entire discussion, but I might have missed something. If a user wants to run GNOME, he [can] switch to systemd is clearly not saying that, so we're left with an enigmatic some who haven't posted to this

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Thomas Sachau
Paweł Hajdan, Jr. schrieb: Remember this is supposed to _help_ Gentoo. You can opt out of the bugs (there is a package name and maintainer name regex in the script). You don't need to hunt them down - if you do nothing another script will just CC arches after 30 days. Paweł Uhm,

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
Thomas Sachau schrieb: Uhm, automagic stabilization without maintainer ok? This sounds like a bad idea. Doing a batch CC-ing after maintainer gave his ok or anything similar, which starts, when someone actually aproved the stable going is all ok, but doing this automaticly may get packages

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Michael Mol
On 05/20/2013 11:34 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Daniel Campbell dlcampb...@gmx.com wrote: [snip] That's missing the point. If you don't run systemd, having unit files is pointless. Thankfully there's INSTALL_MASK and whatnot, but that seems like a hack

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Markos Chandras
On 21 May 2013 13:21, Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: Paweł Hajdan, Jr. schrieb: Remember this is supposed to _help_ Gentoo. You can opt out of the bugs (there is a package name and maintainer name regex in the script). You don't need to hunt them down - if you do nothing another script

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Thomas Sachau
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn schrieb: Thomas Sachau schrieb: Uhm, automagic stabilization without maintainer ok? This sounds like a bad idea. Doing a batch CC-ing after maintainer gave his ok or anything similar, which starts, when someone actually aproved the stable going is all ok, but

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Thomas Sachau
Markos Chandras schrieb: On 21 May 2013 13:21, Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: Paweł Hajdan, Jr. schrieb: Remember this is supposed to _help_ Gentoo. You can opt out of the bugs (there is a package name and maintainer name regex in the script). You don't need to hunt them down - if you

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:12 + (UTC) Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: But the point you're missing is that INSTALL_MASK is NOT a hack. Sure it is. It's a hack and remains a hack until there's a way of using it without risk of breakage. -- Ciaran McCreesh signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Michael Mol
On 05/21/2013 09:50 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:12 + (UTC) Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: But the point you're missing is that INSTALL_MASK is NOT a hack. Sure it is. It's a hack and remains a hack until there's a way of using it without risk of breakage.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:53 -0400 Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/21/2013 09:50 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:12 + (UTC) Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: But the point you're missing is that INSTALL_MASK is NOT a hack. Sure it is. It's a hack

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Michael Mol
On 05/21/2013 10:02 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:53 -0400 Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/21/2013 09:50 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:12 + (UTC) Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: But the point you're missing is that INSTALL_MASK

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 5/21/13 6:38 AM, Thomas Sachau wrote: And if a maintainer is not responding within 30 days, you can ping him or, without a response, try to get a different maintainer. Just assuming that a stable request is ok without a maintainer response is really not a good idea. Thomas, this effort is

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Markos Chandras
On 21 May 2013 19:32, Paweł Hajdan, Jr. phajdan...@gentoo.org wrote: On 5/21/13 6:38 AM, Thomas Sachau wrote: And if a maintainer is not responding within 30 days, you can ping him or, without a response, try to get a different maintainer. Just assuming that a stable request is ok without a

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:52 +0100 Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: I'd rather not see this process changes, because it has helped bringing the stable tree up2date. However, given that *a few* people don't like it, I suggest you don't file bugs for packages owned by them. +1 I am

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 5/21/13 1:17 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: On Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:52 +0100 Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: I'd rather not see this process changes, because it has helped bringing the stable tree up2date. However, given that *a few* people don't like it, I suggest you don't file

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/21/2013 09:20 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: On 21 May 2013 13:21, Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: Paweł Hajdan, Jr. schrieb: Remember this is supposed to _help_ Gentoo. You can opt out of the bugs (there is a package name and maintainer

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Pawel, Note that there are several things my script will ignore: 1. Packages with any bugs open. 2. Packages which have at least one ~arch dependency. how about putting up a webpage documenting your script policies? Just to shorten discussions like this one... The page need not be

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Dienstag, 21. Mai 2013, 15:38:44 schrieb Thomas Sachau: And if a maintainer is not responding within 30 days, you can ping him or, without a response, try to get a different maintainer. Just assuming that a stable request is ok without a maintainer response is really not a good idea. If

[gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Duncan
Ciaran McCreesh posted on Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:04 +0100 as excerpted: On Tue, 21 May 2013 04:45:12 + (UTC) Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: But the point you're missing is that INSTALL_MASK is NOT a hack. Sure it is. It's a hack and remains a hack until there's a way of using it

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:46:18 -0700 Paweł Hajdan, Jr. phajdan...@gentoo.org wrote: On 5/21/13 1:17 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: On Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:52 +0100 Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: I'd rather not see this process changes, because it has helped bringing the stable

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:25 + (UTC) Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: [snip] FIRE! [snip] hacks of tools, thank you very much! =:^) Glad you like it! Something that breaks isn't a solution though... It's a specifically designed part of the whole gentoo support of choice system you

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Thomas Sachau
Paweł Hajdan, Jr. schrieb: On 5/21/13 6:38 AM, Thomas Sachau wrote: And if a maintainer is not responding within 30 days, you can ping him or, without a response, try to get a different maintainer. Just assuming that a stable request is ok without a maintainer response is really not a good

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Thomas Sachau
Rick Zero_Chaos Farina schrieb: On 05/21/2013 09:20 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: On 21 May 2013 13:21, Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: Paweł Hajdan, Jr. schrieb: Remember this is supposed to _help_ Gentoo. You can opt out of the bugs (there is a package name and maintainer name regex in

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2013, 01:43:15 schrieb Thomas Sachau: Who said, that bugmail is ignored? Repeating myself, it may be accidently deleted by the dev or some software (hint: spam filters), it may actually even be ignored to re-use the bug later. Since i dont remember even seing a hint for

[gentoo-dev] Re: robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Ryan Hill
On Tue, 21 May 2013 16:17:30 -0400 Alexis Ballier aball...@gentoo.org wrote: On Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:52 +0100 Markos Chandras hwoar...@gentoo.org wrote: I'd rather not see this process changes, because it has helped bringing the stable tree up2date. However, given that *a few* people

[gentoo-dev] Re: robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Ryan Hill
On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:40:27 +0200 Jeroen Roovers j...@gentoo.org wrote: OS: Linux Status: CONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Is a stabilisation an enhancement per se? If all stabilisations are enhancements, then why isn't Severity set to Normal

[gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to normal users

2013-05-21 Thread Duncan
Tom Wijsman posted on Wed, 22 May 2013 00:52:15 +0200 as excerpted: In the Portage tree we could avoid users from having to mask files, because that could break their system anyway; eg. Go mask some typical files [1], you'll end up breaking package compilations in the long run as they need

Re: [gentoo-dev] robo-stable bugs

2013-05-21 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/21/2013 07:43 PM, Thomas Sachau wrote: Rick Zero_Chaos Farina schrieb: On 05/21/2013 09:20 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: On 21 May 2013 13:21, Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: Paweł Hajdan, Jr. schrieb: Remember this is supposed to _help_

[gentoo-dev] Re: CPU use flag detection

2013-05-21 Thread Ryan Hill
On Sat, 18 May 2013 12:14:35 -0700 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: MMX2/MMXEXT still confuses me. SSE1 and /Enhanced/ 3DNow! added some extra MMX instructions. Some (pshufw and pmulhuw particularly) turn out to be rather useful in software compositing. I use them in the pixman MMX