Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/3] elisp{,-common}.eclass update for emacs-vcs consolidation

2019-12-19 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 12/18/19 6:28 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > > This *does* happen if you mask virtual/emacs. It *could* happen if you > delete it. > I tested this out. Portage seems OK with the missing dependency, but for the overall plan to work, you have to wait a long time before deleting virtual/emacs;

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 12/19/19 12:37 PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > Just because someone did something crappy, it doesn't mean it was > considered 'good enough'. It was just a cheap hack that someone once > did just to get it over with and stop caring. Not a good solution we > should keep copying. > These should

[gentoo-dev] [EAPI 8 RFC] Install-time dependencies

2019-12-19 Thread Michał Górny
Hello, Here's another potential EAPI 8 feature I'd like to discuss. Please note that this is about *new dependency type*, so please don't hijack it into the big 'let's steal Exherbo syntax' debate. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/660306 The problem === Right now we don't really have a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Michał Górny
On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 19:43 +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > On 19.12.19 18:37, Michał Górny wrote: > > We have a better alternative that lets us limit the impact on the users. > > Why not use it? > > Which one? The CMake bootstrap copy? The adding to stage3 one? > Bootstrap version. It

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 19.12.19 18:37, Michał Górny wrote: > We have a better alternative that lets us limit the impact on the users. > Why not use it? Which one? The CMake bootstrap copy? The adding to stage3 one?

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Michał Górny
On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 18:28 +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > Hey! > > > On 19.12.19 17:03, Michał Górny wrote: > > > B) Introduce USE flag "system-expat" to CMake similar to existing > > >flag "system-jsoncpp", have it off by default, keep reminding > > >CMake upstream to update their

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Hey! On 19.12.19 17:03, Michał Górny wrote: >> B) Introduce USE flag "system-expat" to CMake similar to existing >>flag "system-jsoncpp", have it off by default, keep reminding >>CMake upstream to update their bundle >> >> [..] > > It violates the policy on bundled libraries. Same for

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Michał Górny
On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 15:39 +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > Hey! > > > Thanks everyone for your thoughts so far! > > From what I heard, these two options seem realistic to me: > > A) Ask the KDE team for help with teaming up on a new package >dev-util/cmake-bootstrap, keep it in sync

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Hey! Thanks everyone for your thoughts so far! >From what I heard, these two options seem realistic to me: A) Ask the KDE team for help with teaming up on a new package dev-util/cmake-bootstrap, keep it in sync with dev-util/cmake, make sure both packages co-exists with full disjoint

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: PHP 7.1 and required packages

2019-12-19 Thread Brian Evans
# Brian Evans (2019-12-19) # PHP 7.1 is end of life and has security issues Bug 703326 # Associated packages are not ready for new versions tracked in bug 702110 # Removal in 30 days dev-lang/php:7.1 dev-php/pecl-cassandra signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 19.12.19 14:32, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > These things _are_ updated regularly To be fair they update because I keep opening update requests: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues?scope=all=%E2%9C%93=closed=expat+update

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Rolf Eike Beer
Am 2019-12-18 22:44, schrieb Francesco Riosa: Il giorno mer 18 dic 2019 alle ore 22:03 Sebastian Pipping ha scritto: CMake bundles a (previously outdated and vulnerable) copy of expat so I'm not sure if re-activating that bundle — say with a new use flag "system-expat" — would be a good

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due to slis' retirement

2019-12-19 Thread Michał Górny
On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 14:54 +1300, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:35:40 + > Michael 'veremitz' Everitt wrote: > > > There is some very strange wrapping/formatting in this message, was that > > intentional? > > If I had to guess, I'd say the word-wrap length was accidentally

Re: [gentoo-dev] Needs ideas: Upcoming circular dependency: expat <> CMake

2019-12-19 Thread Michał Górny
On Wed, 2019-12-18 at 23:58 +, Sergei Trofimovich wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:02:47 +0100 > Sebastian Pipping wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I noticed that dev-util/cmake depends on dev-libs/expat and that > > libexpat upstream (where I'm involved) is in the process of > > dropping