Re: [gentoo-dev] Who wants to tinker with a Palm Zire 71?

2006-08-10 Thread Andrew Muraco
Steev Klimaszewski wrote: Noack, Sebastian wrote: Hi, I have a Palm Zire 71 device, with Palm OS on it and a 400 MHz ARM-Processor in it. Actually I don't use this device anymore, so if somebody wants try to get Gentoo Linux run on it, I would give it to him. There is an SD/MMC-Slot which

Re: [gentoo-dev] Default useflag cleanups: -apm -foomaticdb -fortran -imlib -motif -oss -xmms

2006-06-05 Thread Andrew Muraco
Carsten Lohrke wrote: On Monday 05 June 2006 20:08, Harald van Dijk wrote: No, the decision with the gtk/gtk2 USE flag mess was to have package maintainers decide for each ebuild whether to support only gtk1 or only gtk2, but not have support for both in a single ebuild. I know about

Re: [gentoo-dev] Looking for a new media-sound/easytag maintainer

2006-05-08 Thread Andrew Muraco
Daniel Drake wrote: Hi, Is anyone interested in taking over maintenance of easytag? I still use it, but am looking to free up some time for other things. It doesn't require much commitment: there aren't many bugs filed for it (none open at the moment either). Easytag 2.0 is just around the

Re: [gentoo-dev] enroll users for testing packages

2006-04-11 Thread Andrew Muraco
Daniel Goller wrote: On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 09:36 -0400, Stephen P. Becker wrote: Eldad Zack wrote: Hello, Sometimes it becomes a problem whenever a new release or a tricky bugfix comes up for a certain package. To improve QA we can let our userbase help, especially people who use

Re: [gentoo-dev] glep 0042 (news) final draft

2006-03-03 Thread Andrew Muraco
Mike Frysinger wrote: On Wednesday 01 March 2006 19:19, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Unless there are any huge flaws found, I'd like this to be voted on by the council -- looks like it'll have to wait until April's meeting to fit in with the two weeks rule. may push council meeting back to

Re: [gentoo-dev] 2006.0 - me having a bad day?

2006-02-26 Thread Andrew Muraco
Kalin KOZHUHAROV wrote: Contgrats to the release team :-) But let me whine a bit, even a few KB: I just saw the GWN and the news about 2006.0 ... So reading at the release notes: This is also the first release with the Gentoo Linux Installer officially debuting on the x86 LiveCD, which

[gentoo-dev] GLEP 19: Gentoo Stable Portage Tree -- ideas

2006-01-05 Thread Andrew Muraco
to the council in feburary, or march, depending on how much revision the GLEP needs, and if my idea is better or worse then the current solution proposed. Thanks for taking the time to look at this, Please respond with personal opinions (+ and -) Andrew Muraco Tuxp3 [1] http://article.gmane.org

Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 19: Gentoo Stable Portage Tree -- ideas

2006-01-05 Thread Andrew Muraco
noticed something that doesn't make any sense: Andrew Muraco wrote: - the existing portage code would consider +arch as a subset of arch, the reason both keywords will exist is to maintain compatibility with older versions of portage which will not recognize this. would make more sense

Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January

2006-01-04 Thread Andrew Muraco
Lares Moreau wrote: On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 18:19 +0100, Simon Stelling wrote: My point is, either you have to generalize each project's goal to a real triviality or you have to define a goal which doesn't match some project's goals. Conclusion: Let it be. Maybe we are looking at this

Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January

2006-01-02 Thread Andrew Muraco
Chandler Carruth wrote: Lance Albertson wrote: Yeah, maybe so :-) Reflecting on this more, I see that most of the council members are a very important part of the active Gentoo development model (toolchain, etc). They need to keep those roles active as much as possible, then help on the

Re: [gentoo-dev] relocation.

2005-12-31 Thread Andrew Muraco
Curtis Napier wrote: 051230 John Mylchreest wrote: as of tonight I pack up my most valued of possessions -- my computer kit -- and get ready to board a one-way ticket to York. I guess that means I won't be the only American in ##uk anymore. ;-) Have fun in New York John! I live in

Re: [gentoo-dev] relocation.

2005-12-31 Thread Andrew Muraco
Benjamin Judas wrote: Am Samstag 31 Dezember 2005 16:10 schrieb Lares Moreau: Uhh.. in this case. I don't think York == NewYork maps.google.com | search 'York UK' just FYI -Lares Some americans have a limited horizon, you know ;) /sarcasm ... just a flat new-years joke, folks

Re: [gentoo-dev] Stupid USE defaults that need cleaning

2005-12-26 Thread Andrew Muraco
Petteri Räty wrote: Bastiaan Visser wrote: On Monday 26 December 2005 09:33, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Monday 26 December 2005 02:24, Doug Goldstein wrote: well there is always USE enabling... (i.e. When I emerge x11-libs/qt, it'll turn on the qt USE flag) which

Re: [gentoo-dev] Stupid USE defaults that need cleaning

2005-12-26 Thread Andrew Muraco
Lares Moreau wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 12:36 -0600, Joe McCann wrote: For the record, the eds flag was added as a default flag because every 3rd gnome user would file bugs or complain via forums because they installed gnome, found no evolution-data-server integration, and then be bummed

[gentoo-dev] DRAFT GLEP: MULTI-REPO

2005-12-17 Thread Andrew Muraco
let me know how to properly do this) Comments, objections, anything consructive is welcome. Thanks, Andrew Muraco GLEP: XX Title: Multiple Repository Support in Portage Version: $Revision: 1.0 $ Author: Andrew Muraco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last-Modified: $Date: 2005/12/17 03:13:10 $ Status: Draft

Re: [gentoo-dev] DRAFT GLEP: MULTI-REPO

2005-12-17 Thread Andrew Muraco
I apologize for the caps in the subject. Andrew Muraco -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-dev] Multiple Repo Support

2005-12-15 Thread Andrew Muraco
for the tree's folder name /usr/repositories/REPONAME/ and 'emerge sync REPONAME' would sync only that repo, or 'emerge sync [all]' would sync all Anyways, thats just a quick thought I had on the topic. Flames, comments, questions (and answers) welcome Andrew Muraco -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiple Repo Support

2005-12-15 Thread Andrew Muraco
Curtis Napier wrote: Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:34:05 -0500 Andrew Muraco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | 2. What choices/options are on the table for this feature? The big controversy seems to be over whether repositories carry a unique identifier string (for example

Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five

2005-12-14 Thread Andrew Muraco
, a FEATURES=nonews for making portage ignore news. Just an idea to add some more redunancy in the way news is delivered. comment on multi-repo support: -Perhaps someone should write a formal GLEP for multiple repo support before we get flustered over that here. Greetings, Andrew Muraco -- gentoo

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 42 (Critical news reporting) updates

2005-12-12 Thread Andrew Muraco
Jason Stubbs wrote: On Tuesday 13 December 2005 11:22, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:17:30 +0900 Jason Stubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | So what are you going to do? I asked already but you didn't answer. | How are you going to find $PORTDIR/metadata/news? At present, by

Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 (Critical News Reporting) round five

2005-12-12 Thread Andrew Muraco
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Ok, new draft. Changes are as follows: I Think That You've tweaked this GLEP to death ;-) Anyways, I can't wait until everybody is happy with it and it gets moving, because I know that gcc 4 and qt4 and glibc 2.3.6 are right around the corner, and those would be great

Re: [gentoo-dev] Creating a Sketeton System

2005-12-11 Thread Andrew Muraco
George Prowse wrote: After some talk in the forums a point came up that we need a way to reduce the long used gentoo system to a bare point before X but after any baselayout upgrade had been applied. Isn't that what the stages are, Barebone systems? This script would enable two things: a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving GCC-3.4 to stable on x86

2005-11-30 Thread Andrew Muraco
Wernfried Haas wrote: On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 01:56:40PM -0500, Mark Loeser wrote: Seems people read this to mean that I was going to write a doc, which I have no intentions on doing. I don't think a whole doc is necessary, but instructions for a safe upgrade would be fine. A think a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving GCC-3.4 to stable on x86

2005-11-30 Thread Andrew Muraco
Georgi Georgiev wrote: maillog: 30/11/2005-15:16:35(-0500): Andrew Muraco types Mark Loeser wrote: Andrew Muraco [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: is a minimum. A full out doc with all the FAQ and important notes about what needs to be recompiled (in my opinion) would be a much more

Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving GCC-3.4 to stable on x86

2005-11-29 Thread Andrew Muraco
that are already running gcc34. But I'm sure many ~x86 users would welcome that, after all what fun is ~x86 without some breakage every now and then ;-) Greetings, Tuxp3 Andrew Muraco www.leetworks.com -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: GLEP 42 Critical News Reporting Round Two

2005-11-21 Thread Andrew Muraco
Mint Shows wrote: This feature should only be used for things that are directly related to the tree, and will cause mass breakage if ignored. I fully agree with this statement. I am behind the adoption of the GLEP only if it does what (I originally believed) was its purpose...to

Re: [gentoo-dev] first council meeting

2005-09-25 Thread Andrew Muraco
In response to all replies Thus far, I as a User, I expect that arch works (no matter what) - no arguments there I assume that ~arch will work 95% of the time. I never ever touch anything in p.mask. Now, where do we put packages that could work for most users, but they might not work for the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Release files/portage snapshots auxiliary files naming scheme

2005-08-10 Thread Andrew Muraco
? Sincerely, Brix Don't you think its a bit trival, but on the other hand, yes i agree that unifying them wouldnt be a bad thing, its just a matter of getting it done, and updating the documentation to reflect the changes (minor changes :-P) I say 'Do it.' Andrew

Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-2.6.12

2005-06-18 Thread Andrew Muraco
Mike Frysinger wrote: On Saturday 18 June 2005 02:21 am, Andrew Muraco wrote: Mike Frysinger wrote: On Saturday 18 June 2005 01:53 am, Andrew Muraco wrote: reiser4, pie/ssp hardened, etc what would the mainline kernel care about ssp ? -mike actually i dont

Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-2.6.12

2005-06-17 Thread Andrew Muraco
Mike Frysinger wrote: On Saturday 18 June 2005 12:22 am, Andrew Muraco wrote: Linux-2.6.12 is officially out according to kernel.org Just an FYI for you all, and the vanilla-sources maintainers :) /me looks around ... nope, this doesnt look like bugs.gentoo.org to me ... -mike Im

Re: [gentoo-dev] newb question about emerge ...

2005-06-15 Thread Andrew Muraco
ian douglas wrote: I've been using Gentoo since one of the 2003 releases, and never understood this behavior and was wondering if someone could enlighten me: Currently on a 2005.0 install: # emerge --sync;emerge -puvN world ( spits out the usual sync output, and ends with this: ) These are the

Re: [gentoo-dev] newb question about emerge ...

2005-06-15 Thread Andrew Muraco
Chris Gianelloni wrote: On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 12:34 -0700, ian douglas wrote: I've been using Gentoo since one of the 2003 releases, and never understood this behavior and was wondering if someone could enlighten me: Currently on a 2005.0 install: # emerge --sync;emerge -puvN world Ehh...