Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-15 Thread Benda Xu
Hi, R0b0t1 writes: > I have seen similar choices made before, but this is the first time I > have seen a good case for the choice you selected. E.g.: > > (Current.) > *> >*=> > *==> > *===>

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-15 Thread R0b0t1
Erm. On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 11:23 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > Hello, and my apologies for missing your message. > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 1:59 AM, Benda Xu wrote: >> Hi R0b0t1, >> >> R0b0t1 writes: >> >>> I don't want to just comment on naming, but: >>> >>> It might be more natural to go the other w

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-15 Thread R0b0t1
Hello, and my apologies for missing your message. On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 1:59 AM, Benda Xu wrote: > Hi R0b0t1, > > R0b0t1 writes: > >> I don't want to just comment on naming, but: >> >> It might be more natural to go the other way. Split profiles off based >> on version when breakage occurs, an

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-12 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Patrice, Patrice Clement writes: > Thanks for the work. > > Could you also consider adding a Prefix profile compatible with > FreeBSD? We have supported BSD before. But at the moment, no one on the Prefix team have access to BSD hosts. Historically, fauli has developped Prefix on FreeBSD

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-12 Thread Patrice Clement
Hi Benda Monday 08 Jan 2018 15:38:49, Benda Xu wrote : > Hi, > > I would like to introduce some 17.0 profile for Prefix. It also > introduces separate profiles to support different ranges of linux > kernels. > > | name | linux| glibc | > |--+-

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-12 Thread Benda Xu
Hi R0b0t1, R0b0t1 writes: > I don't want to just comment on naming, but: > > It might be more natural to go the other way. Split profiles off based > on version when breakage occurs, and otherwise do not reference a > specific version. > > Then, the name indicates the most recent kernel supporte

[gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-11 Thread R0b0t1
On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Benda Xu wrote: > Hi MJ, > > "M. J. Everitt" writes: > >> Not entirely as a #gentoo-nit-pick .. I'm slightly unclear on the >> different between 2.6.16+ and 2.6.32+ .. should this potentially be >> 2.16.16-32 perhaps [2.6.16~32 even] or is this more obvious only to

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-11 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 11/01/18 03:18, Benda Xu wrote: > Hi MJ, > > "M. J. Everitt" writes: > >> Not entirely as a #gentoo-nit-pick .. I'm slightly unclear on the >> different between 2.6.16+ and 2.6.32+ .. should this potentially be >> 2.16.16-32 perhaps [2.6.16~32 even] or is this more obvious only to me, >> and mo

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-10 Thread Benda Xu
Hi MJ, "M. J. Everitt" writes: > Not entirely as a #gentoo-nit-pick .. I'm slightly unclear on the > different between 2.6.16+ and 2.6.32+ .. should this potentially be > 2.16.16-32 perhaps [2.6.16~32 even] or is this more obvious only to me, > and more confusing to others 2.6.16+ means tha

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-10 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 10/01/18 14:00, kuzetsa wrote: > On 01/09/2018 08:21 AM, Aaron Bauman wrote: >> On January 8, 2018 9:39:47 PM EST, Benda Xu wrote: >>> Hi kuzetsa, >>> >>> kuzetsa writes: >>> The term "beyond" feels wrong & confusing. (Not sure what to replace it with though) >>> How about this? >>>

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-10 Thread kuzetsa
On 01/09/2018 08:21 AM, Aaron Bauman wrote: > > On January 8, 2018 9:39:47 PM EST, Benda Xu wrote: >> Hi kuzetsa, >> >> kuzetsa writes: >> >>> The term "beyond" feels wrong & confusing. >>> (Not sure what to replace it with though) >> How about this? >> >> default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/pr

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-09 Thread Aaron Bauman
On January 8, 2018 9:39:47 PM EST, Benda Xu wrote: >Hi kuzetsa, > >kuzetsa writes: > >> The term "beyond" feels wrong & confusing. >> (Not sure what to replace it with though) > >How about this? > > default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/prefix/kernel-3.2+ > default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-08 Thread Benda Xu
Hi Aaron, Aaron Bauman writes: > I am not too familair with prefix other than the purpose of it (e.g. I > have never built it), but is there a better naming standard for the > profiles? I understand the need to distinguish between the kernel and > glibc versions. > Is there a standard I am miss

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-08 Thread Benda Xu
Hi kuzetsa, kuzetsa writes: > The term "beyond" feels wrong & confusing. > (Not sure what to replace it with though) How about this? default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/prefix/kernel-3.2+ default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/prefix/kernel-2.6.32+ default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/pre

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-08 Thread Aaron Bauman
On Monday, January 8, 2018 1:38:49 AM EST Benda Xu wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to introduce some 17.0 profile for Prefix. It also > introduces separate profiles to support different ranges of linux > kernels. > > | name | linux| glibc | > | > |

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-08 Thread kuzetsa
On 01/08/2018 01:38 AM, Benda Xu wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to introduce some 17.0 profile for Prefix. It also > introduces separate profiles to support different ranges of linux > kernels. > > | name | linux| glibc | > |--+--+

[gentoo-dev] [PATCH] introduce Prefix 17.0 profiles.

2018-01-08 Thread Benda Xu
Hi, I would like to introduce some 17.0 profile for Prefix. It also introduces separate profiles to support different ranges of linux kernels. | name | linux| glibc | |--+--+---| | beyond-kernel-2.6.16 | [2.6.16, 2.6.32) |