Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-16 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > You end up with this: > /usr/portage/packages/All/emacs-21.4-r12 > /usr/portage/packages/All/emacs-21 > When you go to merge your virtual, it will always merge the package, > even if you're *trying* to merge an emacs alternative. This is no l

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-16 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 19:52 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > On Wed, 16 May 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > >> virtual/emacs > > > You made a new-style virtual with the same name as a package? This > > can cause problems with binary package usage, as you will now end up > > with two package

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-16 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Chris Gianelloni wrote: >> virtual/emacs > You made a new-style virtual with the same name as a package? This > can cause problems with binary package usage, as you will now end up > with two packages with the same "name" but different versions. There are several other

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-16 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 15:25 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > On Tue, 15 May 2007, Jakub Moc wrote: > > >> virtual/emacs > >> virtual/flim > > > Oh, and naming the new-style virtuals the same as the real thing > > kills binpkgs. :/ > > Sorry, I don't get your point here. > > The "real thing"

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-16 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 12:44 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > The Emacs team has converted the following virtual packages: > >virtual/emacs You made a new-style virtual with the same name as a package? This can cause problems with binary package usage, as you will now end up with two packages w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-15 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Tue, 15 May 2007, Jakub Moc wrote: >> virtual/emacs >> virtual/flim > Oh, and naming the new-style virtuals the same as the real thing > kills binpkgs. :/ Sorry, I don't get your point here. The "real thing" is, e.g., emacs-21.4-r12 and the virtual is emacs-21. How is this not sufficie

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-15 Thread Jakub Moc
Ulrich Mueller napsal(a): > The Emacs team has converted the following virtual packages: > >virtual/emacs >virtual/flim > > to new-style (aka GLEP 37) virtuals. Oh, and naming the new-style virtuals the same as the real thing kills binpkgs. :/ -- Best regards, Jakub Moc mailto:[EMA

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-15 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Tue, 15 May 2007, Jakub Moc wrote: > Leaving the old-style virtuals in place leaves the new style ones > non-fuctional, so you'd better remove them right now. ;) > On Tue, 15 May 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > Wait. Are you saying that currently you have identically named new and >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-15 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Tue, 15 May 2007, Petteri Räty wrote: >> I could not find any official guidelines for keywording of virtual >> packages. > They are keyworded as any other packages. You can't make them stable > if they have ~arch only dependencies. When one provider is stable, > they are fine to go stabl

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Tue, 15 May 2007 12:44:56 +0200 Ulrich Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Emacs team has converted the following virtual packages: > >virtual/emacs >virtual/flim > > to new-style (aka GLEP 37) virtuals. If there are no objections, > I will remove the old virtuals from the profile

Re: [gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-15 Thread Jakub Moc
Ulrich Mueller napsal(a): > The Emacs team has converted the following virtual packages: > >virtual/emacs >virtual/flim > > to new-style (aka GLEP 37) virtuals. If there are no objections, > I will remove the old virtuals from the profiles one week from now > (22 May 2007). Leaving the o

[gentoo-dev] Conversion of Emacs virtual packages

2007-05-15 Thread Ulrich Mueller
The Emacs team has converted the following virtual packages: virtual/emacs virtual/flim to new-style (aka GLEP 37) virtuals. If there are no objections, I will remove the old virtuals from the profiles one week from now (22 May 2007). Affected are: profiles/base profiles/embedded