Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-04 Thread Michał Górny
On Mon, 2019-11-04 at 04:15 -0600, William Hubbs wrote: > I also don't like your tone in your response to Zac merging the patch. > > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage-dev/message/1abfd0499e514b7d6b70b709e9e3ae18 > > If I say out here that since I'm a council member I'm above you and zac

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-04 Thread William Hubbs
On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 10:37:29PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > That is a really poor argument. Something that's respected for 10+ > years and reported as QA violation is a standing policy as far as I'm > concerned. Just because it isn't backed by a formally stamped policy > (at least as far as

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread Michael 'veremitz' Everitt
On 03/11/19 21:37, Michał Górny wrote: > On Sun, 2019-11-03 at 15:26 -0600, William Hubbs wrote: >> >> You being a qa member doesn't have a lot to do with this mgorny. you >> know there was no official policy when I posted this, and as far as I >> know there is not one now. >> > That is a really

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2019-11-03 at 15:26 -0600, William Hubbs wrote: > On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 12:18:40PM -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > > On 11/3/19 11:53 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > > On Sun, 2019-11-03 at 11:49 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > > > > On 10/27/19 10:40 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > > > > > Most upstreams

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread William Hubbs
On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 12:18:40PM -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > On 11/3/19 11:53 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > On Sun, 2019-11-03 at 11:49 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > >> On 10/27/19 10:40 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > >>> Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > >>> causes

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/3/19 12:32 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 10/27/19 10:40 AM, William Hubbs wrote: >> Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this >> causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. >> >> Signed-off-by: William Hubbs >> --- >> bin/install-qa-check.d/80libraries | 10 -- >>

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread Zac Medico
On 10/27/19 10:40 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. > > Signed-off-by: William Hubbs > --- > bin/install-qa-check.d/80libraries | 10 -- > 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) > > diff

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread Zac Medico
On 11/3/19 11:53 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > On Sun, 2019-11-03 at 11:49 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: >> On 10/27/19 10:40 AM, William Hubbs wrote: >>> Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this >>> causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: William Hubbs

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2019-11-03 at 11:49 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: > On 10/27/19 10:40 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > > Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > > causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. > > > > Signed-off-by: William Hubbs > > --- > >

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread Zac Medico
On 10/27/19 10:40 AM, William Hubbs wrote: > Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. > > Signed-off-by: William Hubbs > --- > bin/install-qa-check.d/80libraries | 10 -- > 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) > > diff

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-11-03 Thread William Hubbs
On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 12:40:07PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. I spoke with the qa lead about this as you suggested, and he doesn't feel that he needs to ack this from a qa standpoint.

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-10-28 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 1:58 PM Michał Górny wrote: > And why are you trying to sneak it past most of the developers via > gentoo-portage-dev instead of gentoo-dev? Sending mail to this list is standard-procedure when submitting a patch against the Portage repo. If you feel it needs wider

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-10-27 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2019-10-27 at 13:49 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 06:58:00PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > > On Sun, 2019-10-27 at 12:40 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > > > Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > > > causes unnecessary hacks in

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-10-27 Thread William Hubbs
On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 06:58:00PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > On Sun, 2019-10-27 at 12:40 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > > Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > > causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. > > > > The hacks aren't 'unnecessary'. There is a very

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-10-27 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 2019-10-27 at 12:40 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this > causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. > The hacks aren't 'unnecessary'. There is a very good reason that files that are used *purely at build time* don't land in /.

[gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: remove check that bans libtool files and static libs from /

2019-10-27 Thread William Hubbs
Most upstreams and build systems do not make this distinction, so this causes unnecessary hacks in ebuilds. Signed-off-by: William Hubbs --- bin/install-qa-check.d/80libraries | 10 -- 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/install-qa-check.d/80libraries