Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-12-09 Thread Santiago M. Mola
On Nov 24, 2007 4:19 PM, Doug Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jose Luis Rivero wrote: > > I'm not asking for an extra overhead of 'bureaucracy' (write specs, > > mailling @dev, send to the council, etc.) but a bit more of communication > > would be appreciated: > > > All the above is complet

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-12-09 Thread Thilo Bangert
Jeroen Roovers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:10:58 +0100 > > Thilo Bangert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the idea is really great > > > > [...] > > > > now this needs to be [...] made mandatory for all ebuilds. > > Uh, what? > > Why? If the idea is that great, then why does it

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-26 Thread Fernando J. Pereda
[ I'm answering diego's mail here because I didn't get a copy of it through gentoo-dev, I guess the list missed me or my spam filter killed it ] On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 07:10:40AM -0800, Alec Warner wrote: > On 11/26/07, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CCing council so tha

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-26 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On 11/26/07, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So. let's face it, the only people who agree on the need for a GLEP > is Alec and Ciaran. The rest of the thread (which by the way I had > to dig up on Gmane because I didn't really give a damn) is composed > by Thilo who think is

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-26 Thread Alec Warner
On 11/26/07, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CCing council so that the other members can express their feeling about this; > basically the only people I actually care about getting the feeling about > this at all. > > On Monday 26 November 2007, you wrote: > > Seems like ever

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-26 Thread José Luis Rivero (yoswink)
Jose Luis Rivero wrote: I'm not asking for an extra overhead of 'bureaucracy' (write specs, mailling @dev, send to the council, etc.) but a bit more of communication would be appreciated: Seems like everyone who contact me/us about this thread is agree about the needed of write a GLEP before

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-26 Thread Alec Warner
On 11/24/07, Jose Luis Rivero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all: > > I've read on the planet the recently included support to document USE > flags in metadata. Seems like it was an idea from flameeyes and cardoe, > discussed on the planet [1][2] and performed by -infra (bug #199788). > > While pl

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-24 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:10:58 +0100 Thilo Bangert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the idea is really great > > [...] > > now this needs to be [...] made mandatory for all ebuilds. Uh, what? Why? If the idea is that great, then why does it need to be mandatory? Kind regards, JeR -- [EMAIL P

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-24 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:19:55 -0500 Doug Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jose Luis Rivero wrote: > > Is the feature ready to be used? Is there any kind of documentation > > (aside of DTD)? It will replace use.desc? > > > Well the first question you answered yourself. You linked to a post I

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-24 Thread Doug Goldstein
Jose Luis Rivero wrote: Hi all: I've read on the planet the recently included support to document USE flags in metadata. Seems like it was an idea from flameeyes and cardoe, discussed on the planet [1][2] and performed by -infra (bug #199788). While planet is a good medium to share ideas and ge

Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation

2007-11-24 Thread Thilo Bangert
> While planet is a good medium to share ideas and get contributors, > seems to me like we need a more official way to discuss this kind of > 'global' ideas before make them real. Or at least drop a note on > -dev-announce explaining the new feature and telling devs and users > this is now official