[gentoo-dev] Re: www-client/chromium gtk3 support

2015-09-11 Thread Duncan
Rich Freeman posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:13:48 -0400 as excerpted: > USE=gui or something like that if the main effect is to have a gui or > not. > That is the sort of thing that SHOULD go in make.conf or in a profile. > If disabling gtk makes it a console-only application then use the gui >

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE="gui"

2015-09-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > I'm just wondering if we're jumping the gun a little bit on > IUSE="gui".. yes it'll be nice to have one flag that "just works" > for anyone not caring about the details, but it'll also mean > propagating a slew of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: www-client/chromium gtk3 support

2015-09-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Rich Freeman posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:13:48 -0400 as excerpted: > >> USE=gui or something like that if the main effect is to have a gui or >> not. >> That is the sort of thing that SHOULD go in make.conf or in a profile.

Re: [gentoo-dev] www-client/chromium gtk3 support

2015-09-11 Thread Daniel Campbell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/10/2015 11:26 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:21 PM, hasufell > wrote: >> On 09/10/2015 08:15 PM, Daniel Campbell wrote: >>> >>> tldr: If the problem is USE flags, let's talk USE flags. If >>> it's

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE="gui"

2015-09-11 Thread hasufell
On 09/11/2015 08:03 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > > So, IUSE="X" has generally been used for gui, but more technically > it's used to depend on and build against x11-libs/* packages. The > fact that this gives a GUI is practically a side-effect. When > wayland comes along, do these packages

Re: [gentoo-dev] news item: libvirt-1.2.19 init script upgrades

2015-09-11 Thread Matthias Maier
Cardoe's second mail didn't make it to the list. Please find attached the second mail and the updated news announcement. = On 9/9/15 9:17 AM, Doug Goldstein wrote: > The following is the proposed news item to inform OpenRC users of a > change to the init script setup for libvirt 1.2.19 and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: USE="gui"

2015-09-11 Thread Dale
Duncan wrote: > hasufell posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:34:04 +0200 as excerpted: > >> USE flags in gentoo are the best and the worst thing at the same time. >> They are also mostly the main reason people don't like gentoo, because >> USE flags are (for todays situation) pretty much not an

[gentoo-dev] USE="gui"

2015-09-11 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/09/15 01:41 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> > wrote: >> Rich Freeman posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:13:48 -0400 as >> excerpted: >> >>> USE=gui or something like that if the main effect

Re: [gentoo-dev] www-client/chromium gtk3 support

2015-09-11 Thread Raymond Jennings
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 5:13 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 5:03 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: > > > > I like the general 'gtk' flag we generally use to choose *which* > > toolkit, and local USE flags for specific versions, if they are > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] www-client/chromium gtk3 support

2015-09-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 5:03 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: > > I like the general 'gtk' flag we generally use to choose *which* > toolkit, and local USE flags for specific versions, if they are > supported. But in that case, the general gtk flag should be > interpreted as the latest

Re: [gentoo-dev] Introduce ppc64le architecture into gentoo ! please share your comments

2015-09-11 Thread Leno Hou
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Anthony G. Basile wrote: > On 8/12/15 3:47 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> >> 4. I would like become a developer of porting gentoo on ppc64le. Anyone >>> could help/mentor me to join this project ? >>> >> ideally someone on the ppc side

[gentoo-dev] Re: USE="gui"

2015-09-11 Thread Duncan
Ian Stakenvicius posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:03:59 -0400 as excerpted: > Also, I believe we need to have the conversation about the pros and cons > of IUSE=gui here before the council meeting, yes? Well, I brought up the idea in the context of Rich's already stated plan to start the

Re: [gentoo-dev] USE="gui"

2015-09-11 Thread Daniel Campbell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/11/2015 01:34 PM, hasufell wrote: > On 09/11/2015 08:03 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: >> >> So, IUSE="X" has generally been used for gui, but more >> technically it's used to depend on and build against x11-libs/* >> packages. The fact that

[gentoo-dev] RFC: new function for versionator.eclass

2015-09-11 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hey all -- i have an idea for a new helper function for versionator.eclass, that should improve correctness and convenience when wanting to leverage $REPLACING_VERSIONS for checks in the related phase functions. Comments? diff --git

[gentoo-dev] Re: USE="gui"

2015-09-11 Thread Duncan
hasufell posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:34:04 +0200 as excerpted: > USE flags in gentoo are the best and the worst thing at the same time. > They are also mostly the main reason people don't like gentoo, because > USE flags are (for todays situation) pretty much not an appropriate > pattern to

[gentoo-dev] Re: news item: libvirt-1.2.19 init script upgrades

2015-09-11 Thread Duncan
Matthias Maier posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:22:27 -0500 as excerpted: > Title: libvirt-1.2.19 init script changes ... > OpenRC Users: I'm not a libvirt (neither openrc, now) user, but it looks good here in terms of general clarity/spelling/grammar, and you didn't hit the commonly hit

Re: [gentoo-dev] Introduce ppc64le architecture into gentoo ! please share your comments

2015-09-11 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/09/15 08:01 AM, Leno Hou wrote: > 2. We believe to make Gentoo support ppc64le, we still need to > compile kernel and bootloader ...usually a gentoo installation requires you to build the kernel and bootloader yourself, inside of the chroot.