Re: [gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread meino . cramer
Mick [14-11-24 03:41]: > On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 17:06:21 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. > > > > On my PC I set > > echo $LC_CTYPE > > de_DE.utf8 > > the settings are done here: > > > > /etc>sudo grep -r de_DE

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
On 11/23/14 18:52, walt wrote: On 11/23/2014 04:45 PM, Joseph wrote: * ERROR: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed (compile phase): On my ~amd64 machines I have ruby-2.0.0_p598 installed. Is there a reason you want 594 instead of 598? I don't really care which one is it, as long as it w

[gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread walt
On 11/23/2014 04:45 PM, Joseph wrote: > * ERROR: dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed (compile phase): On my ~amd64 machines I have ruby-2.0.0_p598 installed. Is there a reason you want 594 instead of 598?

Re: [gentoo-user] dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
On 11/23/14 12:21, Joseph wrote: When I was using gcc-4.7.3 I got an error with webkit-gtk: collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status GNUmakefile:40409: recipe for target 'Programs/GtkLauncher' failed make[1]: *** [Programs/GtkLauncher] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/net-

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:12 PM, hasufell wrote: > On 11/24/2014 12:24 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> * kickban major assholes from the community, no matter how efficient >>> they are >> >> Proposals welcome. Hint, things will go much better if you volunteer >> to do the work the assholes are doing.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread hasufell
On 11/24/2014 12:24 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> * kickban major assholes from the community, no matter how efficient >> they are > > Proposals welcome. Hint, things will go much better if you volunteer > to do the work the assholes are doing... It isn't like we aren't all > tired of this stuff, b

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 6:45 PM, hasufell wrote: >> >> As long as you actually commit to maintaining the Nethack package, you >> can do this. >> > > As above: I think it's wrong. > Your opinion is noted. Your argument was that policy issues were preventing you from fixing Nethack. Now you're si

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread hasufell
On 11/24/2014 12:24 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> So regrouping is not as easy as you make it sound. Totally not. I don't >> like ruby eclasses and their virtuals. What can I do? Fix them? No, I >> cannot. Stop saying I can fix everything I please. That is incorrect and >> our model makes it even m

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:50 PM, hasufell wrote: > On 11/23/2014 12:20 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> You have just as many options under the status quo, and actually more. >> > > Why would that be? We have a centralized _culture_. All this is > basically about culture, not just about tools. Gento

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 22:14 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 23/11/2014 22:54, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht >>> wrote: Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a softw

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread hasufell
On 11/23/2014 12:20 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:44 PM, hasufell wrote: >> On 11/22/2014 11:20 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> >>> Nobody can block progress under the current model. If you feel >>> otherwise, please point them out so that they can be dealt with. >>> >> >> They

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 3:34 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> On 11/23/2014 1:07 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >>> So, don't be surprised if FreeBSD develops something *really* similar >>> (along the lines of the second bullet) to systemd in the future

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 23:45, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 11/23/2014 4:21 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> There is no such thing as the "default init system". >> >> There is only the one that portage will happen to install should you not >> specify a preference. > > Lol! > > That is what I would call a 'default'..

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 4:21 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > There is no such thing as the "default init system". > > There is only the one that portage will happen to install should you not > specify a preference. Lol! That is what I would call a 'default'...

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 22:25, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 11/23/2014 2:24 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: >> The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs >> from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they >> lack such support. Gentoo policy does NOT require maintainers to >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 20:35, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 11/23/2014 1:00 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:44:12PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and >>> systemd is the red-headed step-child, and as such OpenRC is and will be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/11/2014 22:54, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht >> wrote: >>> Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a software >>> to work and update installed libraries to ma

[gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:34:52PM -0600, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > Oh my. So it's the name of the project and (one) author? All the > design and ideas behind it are irrelevant then? > > You just gave me the most perfect justification to never ever take you > seriously in this subject. > > Go

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 21:54 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > > Today, ebuilds don't even let a chance for an admin to apply a series of > patches to the vanilla/distro-maintainer sources without having to > rewrite/fork the ebuild. Whatever it is critical for them. The lone > option is to fork+overlay. This

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 08:15:26PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > which works so well with different useflags. Yes, things need improvements. -- Nicolas Sebrecht

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 02:30:12PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht > wrote: > > Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a software > > to work and update installed libraries to match the requirements. > > This sounds nice in pr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:25:07 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > > The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs > > > from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they > > > lack such support. Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:25:07 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > > The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs > > from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they > > lack such support. Gentoo policy does NOT require maintainers to > > support any particular i

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 11/23/2014 1:07 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> So, don't be surprised if FreeBSD develops something *really* similar >> (along the lines of the second bullet) to systemd in the future > > Doesn't matter because: > > a) it won't be systemd

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 3:23 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > Also, I'll wager it likely won't be implemented in such a way as to be > perceived by its user base as being shoved down their throats. Clarification - this reference was actually to the way Debian is handling it, not Gentoo - I have no problems whatsoeve

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 2:24 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > The current Gentoo policy is that maintainers cannot block other devs > from adding support for systemd/openrc/etc to their packages if they > lack such support. Gentoo policy does NOT require maintainers to > support any particular init system. > > I

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 1:07 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > So, don't be surprised if FreeBSD develops something *really* similar > (along the lines of the second bullet) to systemd in the future Doesn't matter because: a) it won't be systemd (with all of its warts) b) it won't be written by Lennart an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > Portage should support a way to expose ALL the conditions for a software > to work and update installed libraries to match the requirements. > This sounds nice in principle, but making it work is not trivial. Suppose my package works wi

Re: [gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread Mick
On Sunday 23 Nov 2014 17:06:21 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. > > On my PC I set > echo $LC_CTYPE > de_DE.utf8 > the settings are done here: > > /etc>sudo grep -r de_DE.utf8 > profile.env:export LC_CTYPE='de_DE

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Irrelevant. Since OpenRC is the default init system, any package that > doesn't work properly with it would, by definition, be a bug that must > be fixed - if the maintainer wants their package to be marked as > stable/usable by 99.99% of gento

[gentoo-user] dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p594::gentoo failed

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
When I was using gcc-4.7.3 I got an error with webkit-gtk: collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status GNUmakefile:40409: recipe for target 'Programs/GtkLauncher' failed make[1]: *** [Programs/GtkLauncher] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.4-r201/work/we

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 19:54 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 07:25:26PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> and you want portage to finish on this site of eternity when looking for >> dependency resolution? > I don't think having exposed requirements would explode the time needed

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 2:02 PM, Marc Joliet wrote: > I get the distinct feeling that you two should probably read the LWN article > again. No need... This: "In the end, it comes down to this: it just is not that important. It is just a system initialization utility." simply proves that the author eithe

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:07:08 -0600 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés : > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: [...] > > To answer the OPs question correctly... > > > > Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and > > systemd is the red-headed step-child, and as suc

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 07:25:26PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > and you want portage to finish on this site of eternity when looking for > dependency resolution? I don't think having exposed requirements would explode the time needed to calculate the dependency tree because this does not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 1:00 PM, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:44:12PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and >> systemd is the red-headed step-child, and as such OpenRC is and will be >> 100% fully supported. >> >> With that in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 18:33 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 04:31:45PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> am I the only one who thinks that this way leads to madness? >> >> Version conflicts are bad enough. > First, version conflicts have their roots in the support for versions

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 11/21/2014 2:32 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> As long as there are developers willing and able to support OpenRC in >> Gentoo (and it looks like there are), that will be the case. To make >> sure that this remains to be true, help them.

[gentoo-user] Re: The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 12:44:12PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > This is really an incorrect (and even borderline arrogant) answer... > > To answer the OPs question correctly... > > Since OpenRC is the *default* - for now at least - it is *king*, and > systemd is the red-headed step-child, and as su

Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/21/2014 2:32 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > As long as there are developers willing and able to support OpenRC in > Gentoo (and it looks like there are), that will be the case. To make > sure that this remains to be true, help them. This is really an incorrect (and even borderline arrogan

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 04:31:45PM +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > am I the only one who thinks that this way leads to madness? > > Version conflicts are bad enough. First, version conflicts have their roots in the support for versions of libraries in softwares. This is the best place to fi

[gentoo-user] GTKLauncher fails in Webkit-gtk 2.4.6 r200

2014-11-23 Thread Joseph
I'm getting an error with some applications: -- lgstreamer-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -pthread -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/var/tmp/portage/net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.4-r201/work/webkitgtk-2.4.4/.libs ./.libs/libwebkitgtk-1.0.so: undefined reference to `_ZNSt6chrono12steady_clock3nowEv@GLIBCXX_3.4.17' co

[gentoo-user] LC_CTYPE and de_DE.utf8: Weirdness

2014-11-23 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, Currently I am getting problems in the area of locale settings. On my PC I set echo $LC_CTYPE de_DE.utf8 the settings are done here: /etc>sudo grep -r de_DE.utf8 profile.env:export LC_CTYPE='de_DE.utf8' env.d/02locale:LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 csh.env:setenv LC_CTYPE 'de_

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am 23.11.2014 um 16:18 schrieb Nicolas Sebrecht: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 06:20:01PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > >> Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more overlay support. I'm all for >> reform when there is something to reform. However, in all your >> complaints about developers causing conflict

[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's future directtion ?

2014-11-23 Thread Nicolas Sebrecht
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 06:20:01PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more overlay support. I'm all for > reform when there is something to reform. However, in all your > complaints about developers causing conflicts you're actually becoming > part of the problem. I'