Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Testing is not a valid reason to package.mask

2008-10-07 Thread Iain Buchanan
how Gentoo works and how to solve problems, we recommend that you stick with the stable and tested branch." [1] So, no, I'll continue using package.mask for testing just as it always has been. Sorry. All IMHO from a user point of view, of course. [1] Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook http

Re: [gentoo-dev] An official Gentoo wiki

2008-11-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
w one will address it) does let you down when pages are out of date. The solution I like is the wikipedia idea: There is a tag for marking pages as outdated / inaccurate, and if a page has the outdated tag for too long it's removed / archived. Much like treecleaning! -- Iain Buchanan

Re: [gentoo-dev] An official Gentoo wiki

2008-11-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
advice" already. Making it official would only improve it and hence "reduce developer loading", IMHO. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pages_needing_attention [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup_resources cya, -- Iain Buchanan Only great masters of style can succeed in being obtuse. -- Oscar Wilde

Re: [gentoo-dev] Beyond the users, doing a developer census

2008-01-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 04:49 -0800, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > - How much time do you spend working on Gentoo? Is that "using", "developing for", or "developing with"? -- Iain Buchanan Bower's Law: Talent goes where the action is. -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Seeking questions for a user survey; releng related

2008-01-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
d some of the comments from here on: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/192742 -- Iain Buchanan Bob Barker: "Which one of these lovely womanoids will take home atomic tiara?" -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-dev] looking for a mentor

2008-01-30 Thread Iain Buchanan
Freenode as iaindb. Feel free to ask me any questions. many thanks, -- Iain Buchanan "If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything. If you don't stand for something, you don't stand for anything." George W. Bush November 2, 2000 Quoted by the Austin American-Statesman. -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] looking for a mentor

2008-01-31 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 03:33 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: > Iain Buchanan kirjoitti: > > > > jsin is a bit busy (and not at 6 months yet) so he can't mentor me, > > although he still offers help as time permits. I would therefore like > > to see if anyone wants to v

Re: [gentoo-dev] New developer: Bo Ørsted Andresen (zlin)

2008-02-28 Thread Iain Buchanan
not on the "inside", so "good evening" ;) -- Iain Buchanan Let he who takes the plunge remember to return it by Tuesday. -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-dev] re-assigning SynCE bugs to me

2010-11-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
a dev to commit any fixes I can make anyway. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: re-assigning SynCE bugs to me

2010-11-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
t case, with no committer, it ought to be either a herd or > maintainer-needed. thanks guys. Or maybe I should look at that quiz again ;) What's the required involvement? 1 commit a month? Would it be worthwhile or more likely to just find another maintainer? (I notice the pda herd

Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite app-pda/*synce*

2010-11-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
FYI work fluctuates for me - this and next week is busy (limited/no updates from me), then I have some free time again. Finding a new maintainer would be easiest, I've almost finished SynCE 0.15; becoming a dev would obviously take longer. Happy to hear suggestions, -- Iain Buchanan Man

[gentoo-dev] SynCE

2010-12-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
e-wm5-layman.xml 0.15 is mostly hacked together, now I just need to go through quality, dependancies, bugs, etc. thanks in advance & any comments welcome. -- Iain Buchanan

[gentoo-dev] no more time for SynCE

2011-04-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
v team. If there are any questions please cc me directly as I may not be on the -dev list much more. [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/69230 [2] https://synce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/synce/dist/gentoo many thanks! -- Iain Buchanan

Re: [gentoo-dev] no more time for SynCE

2011-04-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 11:35 +0200, Angelo Arrifano wrote: > On Seg, 2011-04-11 at 17:33 +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote: > > On 04/11/2011 03:01 AM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > [2] https://synce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/synce/dist/gentoo > Hello, > > I want to help in