Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-12 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 09:40 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: On 7/11/05, Myk Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think if you're using Gentoo, there is an assumption that if it's new (and acceptably stable), I want it. Maybe I'm different but I

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-12 Thread Martin S
On 11/07/05, Myk Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1I think if you're using Gentoo, there is an assumption that if it's new(and acceptably stable), I want it. That's hardly in line with Gentoos choice policy. Gentoo isn't about imposing someone elses

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-12 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Tuesday 12 July 2005 19:35, Martin S wrote: On 11/07/05, Myk Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think if you're using Gentoo, there is an assumption that if it's new (and acceptably stable), I want it. That's hardly in line with Gentoos

[gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-11 Thread danielhf
portage reminds me of updating packages frequently, i have to decide what to update, and if it's worth downloading? is there a easy way to see what's new of those packages to be updated? the ChangeLog within /usr/portage/xxx-xxx/ make no sense to me. thanks. regards daniel.. --

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-11 Thread Philip Webb
050711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: portage reminds me of updating packages frequently, i have to decide what to update, and if it's worth downloading? is there a easy way to see what's new of those packages to be updated? the ChangeLog within /usr/portage/xxx-xxx/ make no sense to me. 'emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-11 Thread Myk Taylor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think if you're using Gentoo, there is an assumption that if it's new (and acceptably stable), I want it. I agree that a comprehensive list of fixed bugs and new features would be nice for each updated package, but I imagine that it would be

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On 7/11/05, Myk Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think if you're using Gentoo, there is an assumption that if it's new (and acceptably stable), I want it. Maybe I'm different but I disagree. Even if it's new, and in an acceptly stable state,

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-11 Thread Roy Wright
emerge --pretend --changelog will display the change log(s). I usually do emerge -uDNv world -pl then if I like it, just delete the -pl to do the merge. Have fun, Roy Myk Taylor wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think if you're using Gentoo, there is an assumption that

RE: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-11 Thread Dave Nebinger
A number of times that I've looked at change logs it turns out that 3 or 4 of these changes are to fix things on other architecture while for me they are just compile jobs. Maybe I'm too cynical or maybe it's from experience but in either case I can tell you as a developer the change log

Re: [gentoo-user] what's new with all those new packages?

2005-07-11 Thread Holly Bostick
Roy Wright schreef: emerge --pretend --changelog will display the change log(s). I usually do emerge -uDNv world -pl then if I like it, just delete the -pl to do the merge. Have fun, Roy Well that's all very well and good, but a great deal of the time the changelog only says