[gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs / looking for new primary maintainers
As my time is limited, and certain issues also drain my motivation, I am stepping down as primary maintainer for the following packages. They are also assigned to a herd, but since these are relatively high maintenance they need a dedicated maintainer. (And fonts herd has been basically inactive for the last couple of years...) app-text/calibre media-libs/fontconfig media-libs/freetype www-apps/nikola x11-libs/cairo I would also like to completely hand over maintenance of the following low-maintenance packages: app-admin/pydf app-arch/lrzip app-arch/xar Feel free to remove me as maintainer for these last three packages, if anyone is willing to take over. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer
Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs / looking for new primary maintainers
On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 17:09:00 +0800 Ben de Groot wrote: media-libs/fontconfig x11-libs/cairo I'd be interested in these but I might not give them the attention they deserve. -- Lars Wendler Gentoo package maintainer GPG: 4DD8 C47C CDFA 5295 E1A6 3FC8 F696 74AB 981C A6FC signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-dev] Python 2.6 to be masked on 2014-04-28
Developers and users, On behalf of Python team, I would like to announce that we are planning on starting the process of removing Python 2.6. The process will start with masking the python2_6 target USE flags and relevant packages. If nobody strongly disagrees with this, we will commit the masks one week from now, on 2014-04-28. Afterwards, Python 2.7 (with experimental support for PyPy and Jython 2.7) will be the only version of Python 2 supported in Gentoo. Python 2.7 is mostly backwards compatible with 2.6 and all of the packages in Gentoo supporting Python 2.6 support 2.7 as well. Therefore, switching to 2.7 should be painless to most of our users. If you have any doubts about this change, please do not hesitate to reply to this mail, to the gentoo-dev@ mailing list. In case you have more general migration problems, you can contact us through the gentoo-python mailing list [1] or #gentoo-python IRC channel on Freenode [2]. Rationale: The last version of Python 2.6 was released on 2013-10-29 and was announced as the last official release [3]. Therefore, Python 2.6 is no longer maintained upstream and security fixes are no longer provided. Moreover, a growing number of Python projects are removing support for Python 2.6. If their reverse dependencies are still installed with Python 2.6 support, this prevents the package manager from upgrading them and leaves users with outdated, potentially vulnerable versions. [1]:http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml [2]:http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/irc.xml [3]:https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.9/ -- Best regards, Michał Górny signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs / looking for new primary maintainers
On Sun, 2014-04-20 at 17:09 +0800, Ben de Groot wrote: x11-libs/cairo I will take this. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs / looking for new primary maintainers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 20/04/14 05:09 AM, Ben de Groot wrote: app-text/calibre I can take this one. media-libs/fontconfig media-libs/freetype I can probably take these too, but if someone else wants to and has more experience with these (since i don't) then by all means. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlNULFgACgkQ2ugaI38ACPB/ewD+JM8CZ3IvUehywCQ72kfYQ5uE 3WiZ1U8Zcfzp/1viZGEBAIp+yii12J+r2cNdFNDsvd2CpsZOkaAPHbGWgPUp4I2y =P6gH -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2014-04-20 23h59 UTC
The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2014-04-20 23h59 UTC. Removals: net-ftp/pftpfxp 2014-04-14 06:03:12 ulm kde-misc/youtube-servicemenu2014-04-15 08:30:09 johu sys-infiniband/libsdp 2014-04-16 09:06:01 alexxy dev-ruby/oniguruma 2014-04-18 17:09:05 mrueg dev-ruby/sary-ruby 2014-04-18 17:11:34 mrueg dev-ruby/rand 2014-04-18 17:12:01 mrueg dev-ruby/system_timer 2014-04-18 17:12:31 mrueg dev-ruby/fastercsv 2014-04-18 17:12:58 mrueg dev-ruby/ruby-taglib2014-04-19 02:55:47 mrueg dev-ruby/rubytorrent2014-04-19 02:56:27 mrueg dev-ruby/revolution 2014-04-19 02:56:52 mrueg app-misc/alexandria 2014-04-19 02:57:49 mrueg app-misc/bins 2014-04-19 15:10:02 zlogene dev-python/certifi 2014-04-20 15:42:24 floppym dev-python/mozfile 2014-04-20 15:42:24 floppym dev-python/mozinfo 2014-04-20 15:42:24 floppym dev-python/mozprocess 2014-04-20 15:42:25 floppym dev-python/mozprofile 2014-04-20 15:42:25 floppym dev-python/mozrunner2014-04-20 15:42:26 floppym Additions: dev-python/sparqlwrapper2014-04-14 07:59:45 idella4 media-video/movit 2014-04-15 03:59:29 patrick dev-python/cangjie 2014-04-16 01:59:41 naota sys-infiniband/libmlx5 2014-04-16 08:22:25 alexxy sys-infiniband/qperf2014-04-16 08:22:26 alexxy sys-infiniband/libocrdma2014-04-16 08:22:28 alexxy dev-python/pyringe 2014-04-16 16:30:50 dastergon kde-base/baloo-widgets 2014-04-16 18:25:59 johu kde-base/kfilemetadata 2014-04-16 18:26:02 johu kde-base/baloo 2014-04-16 18:26:24 johu dev-python/pyroma 2014-04-16 18:35:49 dastergon dev-libs/libntru2014-04-16 22:48:09 hasufell sys-libs/ntdb 2014-04-17 12:48:47 polynomial-c www-apps/jekyll 2014-04-18 17:51:03 mrueg dev-ruby/awesome_nested_set 2014-04-18 18:13:18 mrueg sec-policy/selinux-accountsd2014-04-18 19:46:12 swift net-analyzer/nagios-check_openvpn-simple2014-04-20 01:19:03 mjo dev-python/oslo-rootwrap2014-04-20 22:51:31 prometheanfire -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux Developer E-Mail : robb...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 Removed Packages: net-ftp/pftpfxp,removed,ulm,2014-04-14 06:03:12 kde-misc/youtube-servicemenu,removed,johu,2014-04-15 08:30:09 sys-infiniband/libsdp,removed,alexxy,2014-04-16 09:06:01 dev-ruby/oniguruma,removed,mrueg,2014-04-18 17:09:05 dev-ruby/sary-ruby,removed,mrueg,2014-04-18 17:11:34 dev-ruby/rand,removed,mrueg,2014-04-18 17:12:01 dev-ruby/system_timer,removed,mrueg,2014-04-18 17:12:31 dev-ruby/fastercsv,removed,mrueg,2014-04-18 17:12:58 dev-ruby/ruby-taglib,removed,mrueg,2014-04-19 02:55:47 dev-ruby/rubytorrent,removed,mrueg,2014-04-19 02:56:27 dev-ruby/revolution,removed,mrueg,2014-04-19 02:56:52 app-misc/alexandria,removed,mrueg,2014-04-19 02:57:49 app-misc/bins,removed,zlogene,2014-04-19 15:10:02 dev-python/certifi,removed,floppym,2014-04-20 15:42:24 dev-python/mozfile,removed,floppym,2014-04-20 15:42:24 dev-python/mozinfo,removed,floppym,2014-04-20 15:42:24 dev-python/mozprocess,removed,floppym,2014-04-20 15:42:25 dev-python/mozprofile,removed,floppym,2014-04-20 15:42:25 dev-python/mozrunner,removed,floppym,2014-04-20 15:42:26 Added Packages: dev-python/sparqlwrapper,added,idella4,2014-04-14 07:59:45 media-video/movit,added,patrick,2014-04-15 03:59:29 dev-python/cangjie,added,naota,2014-04-16 01:59:41 sys-infiniband/libmlx5,added,alexxy,2014-04-16 08:22:25 sys-infiniband/qperf,added,alexxy,2014-04-16 08:22:26 sys-infiniband/libocrdma,added,alexxy,2014-04-16 08:22:28 dev-python/pyringe,added,dastergon,2014-04-16 16:30:50 kde-base/baloo-widgets,added,johu,2014-04-16 18:25:59 kde-base/kfilemetadata,added,johu,2014-04-16 18:26:02 kde-base/baloo,added,johu,2014-04-16 18:26:24 dev-python/pyroma,added,dastergon,2014-04-16 18:35:49 dev-libs/libntru,added,hasufell,2014-04-16 22:48:09 sys-libs/ntdb,added,polynomial-c,2014-04-17 12:48:47
[gentoo-dev] LTO use in the tree
Hey all, As more and more packages are starting to add LTO flags automatically through their build systems, I thought I'd point out a couple things: - LTO utterly destroys debug info. Flags like -g are incompatible with LTO. - LTO causes .GCC.command.line sections to be discarded, which means your package will always be QA flagged as ignoring CFLAGS. - LTO takes a _lot_ of memory. That memory is required on the host arch. Distcc doesn't help things here, because linking happens locally. Consider all the archs your package is built on, and if they all routinely have multiple GBs of memory installed. - LTO in 4.7 is still fairly buggy. There are no plans to fix it. 4.8 is better, but 4.9 moves to a different model, so bugs in 4.8 probably won't be fixed, especially regarding memory usage. - I'm happy to backport patches to fix LTO problems if they're available, but you'll generally have to do the legwork. And like I said, most aren't going to be backportable. Please take these things into consideration when deciding whether or not this feature is worth it. Thanks. -- Ryan Hillpsn: dirtyepic_sk gcc-porting/toolchain/wxwidgets @ gentoo.org 47C3 6D62 4864 0E49 8E9E 7F92 ED38 BD49 957A 8463 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-dev] Re: LTO use in the tree
On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:14:51 -0600 Ryan Hill rh...@gentoo.org wrote: Hey all, As more and more packages are starting to add LTO flags automatically through their build systems, I thought I'd point out a couple things: - LTO utterly destroys debug info. Flags like -g are incompatible with LTO. - LTO causes .GCC.command.line sections to be discarded, which means your package will always be QA flagged as ignoring CFLAGS. - LTO takes a _lot_ of memory. That memory is required on the host arch. Distcc doesn't help things here, because linking happens locally. Consider all the archs your package is built on, and if they all routinely have multiple GBs of memory installed. - LTO in 4.7 is still fairly buggy. There are no plans to fix it. 4.8 is better, but 4.9 moves to a different model, so bugs in 4.8 probably won't be fixed, especially regarding memory usage. - I'm happy to backport patches to fix LTO problems if they're available, but you'll generally have to do the legwork. And like I said, most aren't going to be backportable. Please take these things into consideration when deciding whether or not this feature is worth it. Thanks. One thing I forgot to mention - LTO can also have detrimental effect on certain architectures. On some (eg. ppc), performance can actually be degraded due to increased register pressure. On others like alpha it's questionable if it'll even work at all... -- Ryan Hillpsn: dirtyepic_sk gcc-porting/toolchain/wxwidgets @ gentoo.org 47C3 6D62 4864 0E49 8E9E 7F92 ED38 BD49 957A 8463 signature.asc Description: PGP signature
