From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D73F138350 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66D88E0C86; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 335E5E0C87 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47ABD34F013 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA4E01F2 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:38 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1587545985.d72f748b0919fa9b816c17f6f4e0b2874bdacead.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] data/glep:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: data/glep X-VCS-Files: glep-0072.rst X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: d72f748b0919fa9b816c17f6f4e0b2874bdacead X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:38 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: c1bb57fc-79ca-44fa-8c00-11bc4a83eca8 X-Archives-Hash: 0e3fa34be92c7134e4216f83139b043c commit: d72f748b0919fa9b816c17f6f4e0b2874bdacead Author: Michał Górny gentoo org> AuthorDate: Fri Apr 10 06:50:41 2020 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Wed Apr 22 08:59:45 2020 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=d72f748b glep-0072: Move 'overlays' to spec, and change behavior Change the handling of slave repositories to the usual notion of 'slave overrides master'. Signed-off-by: Michał Górny gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org> glep-0072.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/glep-0072.rst b/glep-0072.rst index 11a0184..cbaef97 100644 --- a/glep-0072.rst +++ b/glep-0072.rst @@ -150,6 +150,20 @@ Testing means that the architecture does not use stable keywords at all. Presence of such keywords is considered an error. Consistency is tested only for ``~arch``. +arches.desc in slave repositories +--------------------------------- + +If ``arches.desc`` is present in several repositories, then each file affects +packages in the repository in question. If the file does not specify a value +for given arch, the value from the master repository is used. However, using +it in multiple repositories is discouraged. + +Note that the stability status override affects only packages in the slave +repository and their direct dependencies. If an arch is set to ``testing``, +then master repositories are still permitted to use stable keywords. If it is +set to ``stable``, then missing stable keywords in dependencies from the master +repository will cause dependency graph inconsistency. + Backwards Compatibility ======================= @@ -178,14 +192,6 @@ to determine a list of stable arches shall fall back to the current method of determining stable arches by scanning profiles.desc for stable profiles. -arches.desc in overlays -======================= - -If arches.desc is present in several repositories, then the strictest setting -for an architecture wins. Using arches.desc outside the gentoo (or -alternative) master repository however is discouraged. - - Copyright =========