gmane.linux.gentoo.devel

Baselayout-2 / OpenRC Stabilization

Doug Goldstein — 2008-10-06T18:59:30

As some people may have already noticed, I have recently added OpenRC 0.3.0 to the tree. This will be the stabilization candidate in approximately 30 days. I encourage everyone to kick the tires on this one. Current Bugs: *http://tinyurl.com/4housz*

Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2008-10-05 23h59 UTC

Robin H. Johnson — 2008-10-06T00:15:01

The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2008-10-05 23h59 UTC. Removals: media-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf 2008-09-30 02:01:51je_fro app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools2008-09-30 20:13:11ikelos dev-tex/extsizes 2008-10-04 08:40:06aballier dev-tex/eurosym 2008-10-04 08:41:07aballier Additions: dev-perl/JavaScript-SpiderMonkey 2008-09-29 01:52:55robbat2 dev-perl/SQL-Abstract-Limit 2008-09-29 02:06:05robbat2 dev-perl/Net-Z3950-ZOOM 2008-09-29 02:06:23robbat2 dev-perl/Class-DBI-AbstractSearch 2008-09-29 02:06:41robbat2 dev-perl/MARC-Charset 2008-09-29 02:06:59robbat2 dev-perl/MARC-Record 2008-09-29 02:07:19robbat2 dev-perl/MARC-XML 2008-09-29 02:07:52robbat2 dev-libs/OpenSRF 2008-09-29 04:13:48robbat2 net-misc/amazonmp3-libcompat 2008-09-29 14:16:45lack media-fonts/liberation-fonts 2008-09-30 00:47:30je_fro dev-perl/WWW-Curl 2008-09-30 08:41:04robbat2 dev-lang/sunstudioexpress 2008-09-30 12:08:07flameeyes x11-plugins/pidgin-mpris 2008-10-01 11:19:27chainsaw dev-libs/libhid 2008-10-01 16:36:55matsuu app-office/akonadi-server 2008-10-02 05:01:16jmbsvicetto media-sound/phonon 2008-10-02 05:16:17jmbsvicetto kde-base/akonadi 2008-10-02 06:04:35jmbsvicetto kde-base/automoc 2008-10-02 06:09:53jmbsvicetto kde-base/kbreakout 2008-10-02 06:49:13jmbsvicetto kde-base/kblocks 2008-10-02 06:50:42jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdebase-cursors 2008-10-02 07:28:35jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer 2008-10-02 07:39:32jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdemaildir 2008-10-02 07:54:59jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdepim-icons 2008-10-02 08:05:20jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdepim-strigi-analyzer 2008-10-02 08:10:04jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdeplasma-addons 2008-10-02 08:12:30jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdesdk-strigi-analyzer 2008-10-02 08:18:17jmbsvicetto kde-base/kdiamond 2008-10-02 08:27:22jmbsvicetto kde-base/kiconfinder 2008-10-02 08:45:49jmbsvicetto kde-base/kleopatra 2008-10-02 08:59:10jmbsvicetto kde-base/kollision 2008-10-02 09:27:34jmbsvicetto kde-base/kontactinterfaces 2008-10-02 09:35:37jmbsvicetto kde-base/ksirk 2008-10-02 09:58:46jmbsvicetto kde-base/kstartperf 2008-10-02 10:07:39jmbsvicetto kde-base/ksystemlog 2008-10-02 10:13:20jmbsvicetto kde-base/ktimetracker 2008-10-02 10:18:02jmbsvicetto kde-base/kubrick 2008-10-02 10:28:11jmbsvicetto kde-base/libkdcraw 2008-10-02 10:41:22jmbsvicetto kde-base/libkexiv2 2008-10-02 10:46:12jmbsvicetto kde-base/libkipi 2008-10-02 10:48:42jmbsvicetto kde-base/libkleo 2008-10-02 10:50:03jmbsvicetto kde-base/libksane 2008-10-02 10:54:33jmbsvicetto kde-base/lokalize 2008-10-02 11:01:16jmbsvicetto kde-base/okteta 2008-10-02 11:07:57jmbsvicetto kde-base/phonon-xine 2008-10-02 11:11:17jmbsvicetto kde-base/plasma-apps 2008-10-02 11:12:43jmbsvicetto kde-base/plasma-workspace 2008-10-02 11:14:06jmbsvicetto kde-base/renamedlg-plugins 2008-10-02 11:16:12jmbsvicetto kde-base/solid-hardware 2008-10-02 11:18:40jmbsvicetto kde-base/step 2008-10-02 11:21:08jmbsvicetto app-misc/anki 2008-10-02 23:13:39hncaldwell dev-libs/ustr 2008-10-03 03:15:41pebenito dev-python/sepolgen 2008-10-03 03:46:23pebenito dev-util/qbzr 2008-10-03 14:01:04jokey dev-java/jtreemap 2008-10-03 21:34:39serkan dev-util/statcvs 2008-10-03 21:39:24serkan dev-util/statsvn 2008-10-03 21:44:32serkan games-rpg/mangos 2008-10-04 07:38:26trapni x11-themes/sound-theme-freedesktop 2008-10-05 05:23:12leio media-libs/libcanberra 2008-10-05 06:37:11leio java-virtuals/stax-api 2008-10-05 16:19:12serkan -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux Developer E-Mail : robbat2< at >gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 Removed Packages: media-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf,removed,je_fro,2008-09-30 02:01:51 app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools,removed,ikelos,2008-09-30 20:13:11 dev-tex/extsizes,removed,aballier,2008-10-04 08:40:06 dev-tex/eurosym,removed,aballier,2008-10-04 08:41:07 Added Packages: dev-perl/JavaScript-SpiderMonkey,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 01:52:55 dev-perl/SQL-Abstract-Limit,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 02:06:05 dev-perl/Net-Z3950-ZOOM,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 02:06:23 dev-perl/Class-DBI-AbstractSearch,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 02:06:41 dev-perl/MARC-Charset,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 02:06:59 dev-perl/MARC-Record,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 02:07:19 dev-perl/MARC-XML,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 02:07:52 dev-libs/OpenSRF,added,robbat2,2008-09-29 04:13:48 net-misc/amazonmp3-libcompat,added,lack,2008-09-29 14:16:45 media-fonts/liberation-fonts,added,je_fro,2008-09-30 00:47:30 dev-perl/WWW-Curl,added,robbat2,2008-09-30 08:41:04 dev-lang/sunstudioexpress,added,flameeyes,2008-09-30 12:08:07 x11-plugins/pidgin-mpris,added,chainsaw,2008-10-01 11:19:27 dev-libs/libhid,added,matsuu,2008-10-01 16:36:55 app-office/akonadi-server,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 05:01:16 media-sound/phonon,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 05:16:17 kde-base/akonadi,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 06:04:35 kde-base/automoc,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 06:09:53 kde-base/kbreakout,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 06:49:13 kde-base/kblocks,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 06:50:42 kde-base/kdebase-cursors,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 07:28:35 kde-base/kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 07:39:32 kde-base/kdemaildir,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 07:54:59 kde-base/kdepim-icons,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 08:05:20 kde-base/kdepim-strigi-analyzer,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 08:10:04 kde-base/kdeplasma-addons,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 08:12:30 kde-base/kdesdk-strigi-analyzer,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 08:18:17 kde-base/kdiamond,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 08:27:22 kde-base/kiconfinder,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 08:45:49 kde-base/kleopatra,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 08:59:10 kde-base/kollision,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 09:27:34 kde-base/kontactinterfaces,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 09:35:37 kde-base/ksirk,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 09:58:46 kde-base/kstartperf,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:07:39 kde-base/ksystemlog,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:13:20 kde-base/ktimetracker,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:18:02 kde-base/kubrick,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:28:11 kde-base/libkdcraw,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:41:22 kde-base/libkexiv2,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:46:12 kde-base/libkipi,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:48:42 kde-base/libkleo,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:50:03 kde-base/libksane,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 10:54:33 kde-base/lokalize,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:01:16 kde-base/okteta,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:07:57 kde-base/phonon-xine,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:11:17 kde-base/plasma-apps,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:12:43 kde-base/plasma-workspace,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:14:06 kde-base/renamedlg-plugins,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:16:12 kde-base/solid-hardware,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:18:40 kde-base/step,added,jmbsvicetto,2008-10-02 11:21:08 app-misc/anki,added,hncaldwell,2008-10-02 23:13:39 dev-libs/ustr,added,pebenito,2008-10-03 03:15:41 dev-python/sepolgen,added,pebenito,2008-10-03 03:46:23 dev-util/qbzr,added,jokey,2008-10-03 14:01:04 dev-java/jtreemap,added,serkan,2008-10-03 21:34:39 dev-util/statcvs,added,serkan,2008-10-03 21:39:24 dev-util/statsvn,added,serkan,2008-10-03 21:44:32 games-rpg/mangos,added,trapni,2008-10-04 07:38:26 x11-themes/sound-theme-freedesktop,added,leio,2008-10-05 05:23:12 media-libs/libcanberra,added,leio,2008-10-05 06:37:11 java-virtuals/stax-api,added,serkan,2008-10-05 16:19:12 Done.

"Slacking" arches - which are stable, which aren't?

Steev Klimaszewski — 2008-10-05T21:26:58

Not wanting to start a huge war about what arches are slacking and which aren't - I asked in -dev on IRC and was told to check out profiles.desc - based on this information, I closed Bug 208917 which was about stablizing dbus-glib-0.74. The bug was opened on 04 Feb 2008, and as of today 05 Oct 2008, the only arches left to stable it are arm, sh, and s390 (and according to profiles.desc, they are all dev profiles) however hoffie said that didn't seem right since he knows things get requested for stable for those arches. So, IS there a definitive list somewhere of what arches are stable, and which aren't, and if so, where can it be found? I have no problem re-opening the bug, but as I stated in -dev, its been almost 8 months since the last *activity* on the bug, and I doubt that they are going to be stabling it any time soon. Thoughts? Helps?

EAPI-2 and src_configure in eclasses

Ulrich Mueller — 2008-10-05T13:36:30

How should exporting of src_configure in eclasses be handled? Should it be conditional, depending on the EAPI? Or is it O.K. to export src_configure unconditionally, since it doesn't harm for EAPI<2? A concrete example is elisp.eclass which should export an empty elisp_src_configure function for EAPI=2. Ulrich

Changing doc use flag on gtk-doc packages to gtk-doc-rebuild or something else

Petteri Räty — 2008-10-05T13:05:07

Currently the doc use flag on gtk-doc using packages does not control doc installation but instead whether to rebuild them so that they are properly cross linked. I think we should be using a separate use flag from doc for this purpose. Any comments? 15:40 << at >Betelgeuse> EvaSDK: Just change the doc use flag to something else and it won't confuse people 15:56 << at >EvaSDK> Betelgeuse: it not like it's been like this forever... 15:56 << at >EvaSDK> send a mail to -dev if you want to discuss it Regards, Petteri

developer profile

Thomas Sachau — 2008-10-05T12:24:55

I just had a user in bugzilla who thought, the developer profile would be for software developers, not just for gentoo developers. Probably he is not the only one. What about either adding some big warning on portage output or renaming this profile to e.g. "gentoodeveloper"?

Projects without a homepage, and valid contents of HOMEPAGE (perbug 239268)

Robin H. Johnson — 2008-10-05T10:44:20

For projects where the upstream has vanished off the face of the planet, and the project was reasonably obscure, but the code works fine still, there's problems with either the requirements of HOMEPAGE or the repoman check. From PMS: \item[HOMEPAGE] The URI or URIs for a package's homepage, including protocols. May be defined by an eclass. See section~\ref{dependencies} for full syntax. Devmanual: HOMEPAGE: Package's homepage. If you are unable to locate an official one, try to provide a link to freshmeat.net or a similar package tracking site. Never refer to a variable name in the string; include only raw text. As Infra, I suggested that zero or more valid URLs should be present in the bug where the question was raised. However repoman doesn't like an empty HOMEPAGE variable: HOMEPAGE.missing 1 app-mobilephone/smssend/smssend-3.4.ebuild Either we need special cases to declare that it no longer has a homepage, or we need to allow the empty HOMEPAGE. I'm in favour of allowing the variable to empty, because I'm a lazy upstream, and I haven't even made a basic webpage for some of my projects (diradm, localshell, readahead-list, etc).

genkernel support uuid for real_resume

2008-10-04T22:27:10

This patch add support uuid for real_resume boot option. example: # /boot/grub/menu.lst timeout 30 default 0 color light-gray/bluetitle Gentoo root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 real_root=UUID=d5587595-72aa-48e9-a6ba-43daa8e16db1 real_resume=UUID=5f267a01-971a-4440-99aa-04ac28145db1 vga=794 initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.25-gentoo-r7 --- linuxrc.old2008-10-04 15:18:40.000000000 +0000 +++ linuxrc2008-10-04 15:05:32.000000000 +0000 < at >< at > -243,6 +243,34 < at >< at > startLUKS if [ "${NORESUME}" != '1' ] && [ -n "${REAL_RESUME}" ] then +case "${REAL_RESUME}" in +LABEL\=*|UUID\=*) + +RESUME_DEV="" +retval=1 + +if [ "${retval}" -ne '0' ]; then +RESUME_DEV=`findfs "${REAL_RESUME}" 2>/dev/null` +retval=$? +fi + +if [ "$retval" -ne '0' ]; then +RESUME_DEV=`busybox findfs "${REAL_RESUME}" 2>/dev/null` +retval=$? +fi + +if [ "${retval}" -ne '0' ]; then +RESUME_DEV=`blkid -t "${REAL_RESUME}" | cut -d ":" -f 1 2>/dev/null` +retval=$? +fi + +if [ "${retval}" -eq '0' ] && [ -n "${RESUME_DEV}" ]; then +good_msg "Detected real_resume=${RESUME_DEV}" +REAL_RESUME="${RESUME_DEV}" +fi +;; +esac + swsusp_resume #suspend_resume tuxonice_resume

proj/en/perl/outdated-cpan-packages.xml automatic update

Robin H. Johnson — 2008-10-03T01:20:57

Hi Folks, To help out the perl team, I converted their up2date-ng script running to be purely automatic from cvs.g.o now, it will run daily at 01h52 UTC. If you touch up2date_package.altname or up2date_package.mask please give me a shout so I can ensure updated copies on the server.

Testing is not a valid reason to package.mask

Jeroen Roovers — 2008-10-02T20:24:35

# Gen 2 Developer gentoo.org> (`date`) # Masked for testing. Please people, if you want to get something tested, then don't mask it. If you find that you cannot commit an ebuild because of badly keyworded dependencies, then drop the relevant keywords and file a bug report with a KEYWORDREQ. Kind regards, JeR

kdeprefix use flag

Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto — 2008-10-02T02:42:16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Following the previous thread about the KDE FHS install, I've earlier committed a new global use flag - kdeprefix. I did it without remembering that we're expected to mail the dev ml before adding global use flags. This flag is now added in the kde4 eclasses and applies to all 250+ kde ebuilds. Although we talked about it on the FHS thread, we didn't "officially" submit a proposal for the use flag. Are there any issues with this flag? Should we revert it ASAP? - -- Regards, Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / SPARC / KDE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjkNQgACgkQcAWygvVEyAJb2QCcDOMsszh9ZgBuqyT6SXgMHIxr 9DEAn3pv7b519ugv4D7UfVghR2JBwG6e =dyIl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Migrating to EAPI 2 and econf

Petteri Räty — 2008-10-01T13:48:05

Just a reminder to everyone that when you migrate to EAPI 2 in order to use use dependencies remember to migrate your src_compile function too or you will be running econf twice if you have a custom src_compile function. econf will first be run by the default src_configure function and then by your custom src_compile function. Hopefully we will get a QA check for this in the near future.

Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for October

Mike Frysinger — 2008-10-01T05:30:01

This is your monthly friendly reminder ! Same bat time (typically the 2nd Thursday at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council < at > irc.freenode.net) ! If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote on, let us know ! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole Gentoo dev list to see. Keep in mind that every GLEP *re*submission to the council for review must first be sent to the gentoo-dev mailing list 7 days (minimum) before being submitted as an agenda item which itself occurs 7 days before the meeting. Simply put, the gentoo-dev mailing list must be notified at least 14 days before the meeting itself. For more info on the Gentoo Council, feel free to browse our homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/

Last rites: dev-lisp/abcl-cvs

Petteri Räty — 2008-09-29T17:43:53

+# Petteri Räty gentoo.org> (29 Sep 2008) +# Live ebuilds are more appropriate to overlays. +# See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227629 +# for more details. +dev-lisp/abcl-cvs +

changing EAPI on existing ebuilds. To bump or not?

Alistair Bush — 2008-09-29T08:39:41

I was thinking about this a day or 2 ago and just noticed that a similar situation has come up. Please refer to https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239006 but basically. =dev-java/ant-antlr-1.7.1 was changed from EAPI="1" to EAPI="2" to take advantage of the use flag dep functionality. now, I normally take the approach that if the change I am making to an ebuild effects the installed files then I bump. But what is the "best" thing to do here. Some things to note is that this ebuild is ~arch and EAPI="2" is also ~arch. Obviously if the ebuild was arch then changing to a ~arch EAPI would be a no-no. Are there any other situations which are definite no-no's? Anyway, would be nice to get some feedback, idea's on this and hopefully also a more detailed explaination from a pm's perspective (if there is one). Thanks. Alistair ps. If changing EAPI is bad then maybe repoman should check for it.

Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2008-09-28 23h59 UTC

Robin H. Johnson — 2008-09-29T00:15:01

The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2008-09-28 23h59 UTC. Removals: sci-libs/blas-config 2008-09-23 10:27:32bicatali sci-libs/lapack-config 2008-09-23 10:28:05bicatali sci-libs/libscigraphica 2008-09-23 10:29:40bicatali sci-visualization/scigraphica 2008-09-23 10:30:18bicatali Additions: app-emacs/nxml-docbook5-schemas 2008-09-22 13:09:20flameeyes app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets2008-09-22 14:15:14flameeyes app-laptop/hdaps-gl 2008-09-22 21:08:18hanno net-misc/termpkg 2008-09-23 19:34:00sbriesen media-sound/ncmpcpp 2008-09-23 22:23:50yngwin media-video/whaawmp 2008-09-24 10:44:20yngwin app-text/xfbib 2008-09-24 16:27:20angelos xfce-extra/xfce4-modemlights 2008-09-24 16:41:01angelos media-plugins/gmpc-alarm 2008-09-24 20:02:15angelos media-plugins/gmpc-extraplaylist 2008-09-24 20:07:24angelos media-plugins/gmpc-libnotify 2008-09-24 20:11:27angelos media-plugins/gmpc-lyricwiki 2008-09-24 20:28:50angelos sci-geosciences/mapnik 2008-09-25 05:42:05nerdboy mail-mta/qpsmtpd 2008-09-28 19:36:15jokey -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux Developer E-Mail : robbat2< at >gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 Removed Packages: sci-libs/blas-config,removed,bicatali,2008-09-23 10:27:32 sci-libs/lapack-config,removed,bicatali,2008-09-23 10:28:05 sci-libs/libscigraphica,removed,bicatali,2008-09-23 10:29:40 sci-visualization/scigraphica,removed,bicatali,2008-09-23 10:30:18 Added Packages: app-emacs/nxml-docbook5-schemas,added,flameeyes,2008-09-22 13:09:20 app-text/docbook-xsl-ns-stylesheets,added,flameeyes,2008-09-22 14:15:14 app-laptop/hdaps-gl,added,hanno,2008-09-22 21:08:18 net-misc/termpkg,added,sbriesen,2008-09-23 19:34:00 media-sound/ncmpcpp,added,yngwin,2008-09-23 22:23:50 media-video/whaawmp,added,yngwin,2008-09-24 10:44:20 app-text/xfbib,added,angelos,2008-09-24 16:27:20 xfce-extra/xfce4-modemlights,added,angelos,2008-09-24 16:41:01 media-plugins/gmpc-alarm,added,angelos,2008-09-24 20:02:15 media-plugins/gmpc-extraplaylist,added,angelos,2008-09-24 20:07:24 media-plugins/gmpc-libnotify,added,angelos,2008-09-24 20:11:27 media-plugins/gmpc-lyricwiki,added,angelos,2008-09-24 20:28:50 sci-geosciences/mapnik,added,nerdboy,2008-09-25 05:42:05 mail-mta/qpsmtpd,added,jokey,2008-09-28 19:36:15 Done.

[RFC] PROPERTIES=set for meta-packages that should behave like package sets

Zac Medico — 2008-09-28T00:21:18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, Please consider a PROPERTIES=set value that allows an ebuild to indicate that it should behave like a package set when selected on the command line. This is behavior is somewhat difficult to describe in words but the following example should be sufficient to convey the general idea. Consider a case where all of the kde-base/*-meta packages exhibit the "set" property, and these packages and their dependencies are currently installed. In such a case, the default behavior for a command such as `emerge kde-base/kde-meta` should be to reinstall the the selected kde-base/kde-meta ebuild and the set of packages which includes it's direct dependencies and it's recursive "set" dependencies. So, assuming that all USE flags are enabled for the selected kde-base/kde-meta ebuild, it would reinstall the direct dependencies of kdeartwork-meta, kdebase-meta, kdeedu-meta, kdegames-meta, kdegraphics-meta, kdemultimedia-meta, kdenetwork-meta, kdetoys-meta, kdeutils-meta, and kdeaccessibility-meta ebuilds. Similarly, the default behavior for a command such as `emerge --unmerge kde-base/kde-meta` would be to uninstall the same set of packages. The advantage of using the PROPERTIES=set approach, rather than some alternative approach, is that the PROPERTIES=set approach fits nicely into the existing framework, similar to the way that "virtual" ebuilds [1] fit into the existing framework. For example, /etc/portage/package.use can be used to control the USE flags of these "set" ebuilds in the same way that it is currently used to control any other package. Also, tools that are designed to work with existing ebuilds will continue to work just as well with "set" ebuilds. Similar to the proposed "virtual" property [2], the "set" property will indicate that dependency calculations should consider the ebuild to have zero installation cost. Other than this, an ebuild which exhibits the "set" property should behave just like any other ebuild. It should be installed and uninstalled just like any other ebuild, including execution of all the normal ebuild phase functions that would be executed for any other ebuild that does not exhibit the "set" property. Does this seem like a good approach? Are there any suggestions for improvements or alternative approaches? [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0037.html [2] http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_9d449a18a96a25a547fcfd40544085cf.xml - -- Thanks, Zac -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjezf0ACgkQ/ejvha5XGaN78wCg3RHVdox0VaFq+241zVWRkNTH 6H8AoNNMw/I1bWPzM13yN2PMDg6+MTmD =dxEx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Breakages due to new epatch behavior

Serkan Kaba — 2008-09-25T21:33:18

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The fix applied for bug 237667 casued all patches that have a full path (other than /dev/nul) either on the left or right hand side to fail. Bugs 238648, 238464, 238402 were caused because of that and I fixed 3 more patches under dev-java. There seems to be many more of those in the tree. So, please revert the commit because stable ebuilds are also victims of the change. - -- Sincerely, Serkan KABA Gentoo/Java -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjcA54ACgkQRh6X64ivZaIafQCbBun0BffGVj5YhQt0+WOG8XDq M5gAn0OtIECLHRENDT02LNsmmdZjYOv7 =aQAt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Cooperation with Gentoo

Mateusz Mierzwinski (me.matheos.org — 2008-09-24T08:19:11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I writing that letter not because of any software problems. I just want to say, that You making great job with Gentoo. I'm using that OS 3 years and I think, that this is pretty much more than normal Linux distro. It's fast, it's stable, it's professional. Emerge work's great with all coming with it apps. Great Job and Thank You for making this distro working as it does now. I just want to say for the end, that I wish to cooperate with gentoo community in Installer and auto configuration part as much as I can. I'm not a developer, I'm just a student trying to free from inside as much as I have from programmer. Thanks, Good luck, Greets. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjZ9/8ACgkQkKEnm1GQ0leWfgCffkYx1jRTQ/FkI/NAt9XC0TRE VDgAoKPQOE9MLO6pVCrcDoJC1yLRK1kN =33PA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

libffi situation

Luis Francisco Araujo — 2008-09-23T09:04:15

Hello there, This email is to ask for suggestions about bug #163724 , I am myself one of the maintainer of several packages depending upon such a library, and the current situation isn't helping too much to decide how to handle such a packages. As we all know, the independent libffi project was long time unmaintained , but it seems like the developers have started to work on it again; I _think_ the best approach would be to give it preference instead of the gcc option. So, I ask, what road should we take? Also, can we probably unmask the dev-libs/libffi package?, it seems to me a bit exaggerated that it is masked. Thanks and Regards,

Gentoo Council Reminder for September 25

Donnie Berkholz — 2008-09-23T06:13:38

This is your friendly reminder ! Same bat time (typically the 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council < at > irc.freenode.net) ! If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote on, let us know! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole Gentoo dev list to see. Keep in mind that every GLEP *re*submission to the council for review must first be sent to the gentoo-dev mailing list 7 days (minimum) before being submitted as an agenda item which itself occurs 7 days before the meeting. Simply put, the gentoo-dev mailing list must be notified at least 14 days before the meeting itself. For more info on the Gentoo Council, feel free to browse our homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/