[gentoo-dev] Last rites for net-im/ickle and net-misc/gtm

2006-03-13 Thread foser
is needed for these 2. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Session/.desktop WM compatibility, DM unification

2006-03-27 Thread foser
it is largely unknown to me. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Session/.desktop WM compatibility, DM unification

2006-03-27 Thread foser
are of KDE regarding it's slotting, but if it intends to use syswide (fdo) specs like mime/icons the install alternate root is going to be the main hurdle to tackle. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] [last rites] media-gfx/sodipodi

2006-03-29 Thread foser
Hey, just added a mask for media-gfx/sodipodi. It has been forked into inkscape and sodipodi development subsequently has stagnated. I intend to remove sodipodi in about 7 days. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] up for removal timeframe

2006-03-30 Thread foser
either. It's just that most removals right now give a 1-2 week period react time, I just kept to that. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk2 use flag must die

2006-04-02 Thread foser
, but at least we can try to make it unneeded on most users systems. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk2 use flag must die

2006-04-02 Thread foser
garbage leading away from it. Get rid of it, keep it clean. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk2 use flag must die

2006-04-02 Thread foser
the Gentoo cycle seems perfect, but as soon people are used to Gentoo the complaining starts anew. Get a grip and try to help out in constructive ways. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] adding a code of conduct

2006-04-03 Thread foser
dropped this 'constitution' on -dev like this, especially not at this time (you know what I mean). - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] adding a code of conduct

2006-04-04 Thread foser
on this thread. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] slots and libraries.

2006-04-12 Thread foser
is making upstream aware of how they should do libtool versioning. Adding workarounds like preserve_old_lib* should only be a temporary measure. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-util/cccc

2006-04-15 Thread foser
. This is exactly why we get complaints about a stale tree. I still say it should be removed in 30 days. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-util/cccc

2006-04-16 Thread foser
. And there is still the outstanding issue that it is unmaintained in Gentoo, are you going to fix that or not ? Otherwise it should be masked and removed. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-util/cccc

2006-04-18 Thread foser
them again in the future. feel free to mask and remove the hundreds of other packages that have no maintainer So now we do have your blessing ? is then up for removal as of this moment. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-util/cccc

2006-04-18 Thread foser
the confusion. Either find a maintainer or clean it out. That way eventually 'hundreds' becomes 'dozens' of unmaintained packages and maybe some day even less, it's a gradual process. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-util/cccc

2006-04-18 Thread foser
not have it, that has not been done here. Adding 'maintainer-needed' (or 'no-herd') as a way out is not sufficient and was never intended policy when metadata/herds got introduced. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-util/cccc

2006-04-18 Thread foser
metadata makes no difference between new/(un)maintained. It just says that every package should have one. So if you come across a pack that doesn't and you touch it, you need to fix that. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-util/cccc

2006-04-18 Thread foser
, create metadata, make repoman happy. Go right ahead. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] [ANNOUNCE] Project Sunrise - Gentoo User Overlay

2006-06-08 Thread foser
it to an 'official' overlay. Instead of tackling the real problem -the lack of maintainers to deal with all requests- 'sunrise' is trying to create a backdoor for unreliable maintained stuff to enter the tree. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] A heretical thought? Blessing project sunrise as an almost-fork.

2006-06-13 Thread foser
it with Gentoo. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Sunrise: way forward, semi-official, review

2006-06-17 Thread foser
of the several third-party Gentoo ebuild sites around. Good luck with that, but don't try to put a Gentoo stamp-of-approval on it. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] Sunrise contemplations

2006-07-31 Thread foser
Hello, since I've not really been involved in the whole Sunrise discussion I'd like to give my view in a condensed form, instead of spreading it out over 20 replies in the ongoing discussion. Also I hope to summarize the main points a bit, but I know this mail is far from objective and as such

[gentoo-dev] The gnome king is dead, long live the gnome king

2006-07-31 Thread foser
Hello dear followers, tonight after a some deliberation I have decided to step down as gnome lead in favor of AllanonJL. As far as I am concerned AllanonJL has been the acting lead for quite a while now, while I was too busy to devote much time to Gentoo and as such it was the only logical next

Re: [gentoo-dev] Sunrise contemplations

2006-08-03 Thread foser
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 16:05 +0200, Kevin F. Quinn wrote: 2. [...] Therefore I do not believe that QA for a tree that is as extensive as Sunrise done by a few 'official' developers amounts to much real world quality. I would expect that over time, the Sunrise developers will learn more

Re: [gentoo-dev] Sunrise contemplations

2006-08-03 Thread foser
On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 12:00 +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote: So you can create projects by creating a directory in gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en, you don't have to announce it (but it's polite to do so), and it may well conflict with other projects, that's okay. You can't blame them for following

Re: [gentoo-dev] ekeyword and ordering

2005-06-09 Thread foser
. Then if the maintainer still remains unresponsive there is sufficient reason for the arch to act on their own. In short, arches have to be able to strongly defend their actions if they are to interfere with the maintainers responsibilities. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [gentoo-dev] ekeyword and ordering

2005-06-09 Thread foser
/slot specific. I'm not yet convinced metadata is the right place. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] ekeyword and ordering

2005-06-11 Thread foser
not uniform policy. There was no need for policy or regulation until some people set their own rules to play by, I really don't understand why that move gets defended by anyone. - foser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: qt.eclass

2005-07-02 Thread foser
things portage really should do ? Wouldn't pushing the portage team to finally implement a major feature like depranges be a better idea ? The gnome team has been dealing with these things forever, but we have a preference for a global solution instead of inventing our own wheel. - foser

Re: [gentoo-dev] ekeyword and ordering

2005-08-01 Thread foser
On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 14:46 -0400, Aron Griffis wrote: foser wrote: [Sat Jun 11 2005, 04:15:22AM EDT] Arch keywords are concepts and as such may not primarily be dealt as a an alphabetical list but as words in a sentence, there is no abc order in sentences. Foser, no offense intended

Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling of LINGUAS

2006-12-13 Thread foser
I recently ran into a similar issue regarding font ebuilds using LINGUAS to select fonts to install (see acroread-asianfonts). I personally think this is not the way to go, since LINGUAS is about language, not script, support. Any comments on that issue ? - foser -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org