From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LbgYi-000811-Qi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:33:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0E08E0509; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:33:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.147]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4CC8E0509 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:33:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 9so622292qwj.10 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:33:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=nXE+V6/6PiEvpP5DVevTCOHIqqxvpdF+JVb9Cbf0scU=; b=hmOJfBjRrjgv8tHvQcncrZByghKFNuArrFeDmalSIy5adOR8l/QLpQKYcDtZ258vw3 wqNMhYLrXxPsocCs2S0GzH7C/U72iH555+jb/5Xiz1gWvA/YP260g/NtTMqzcqfNuWrU ar4zNJkNbIlrSFTMSd8IdPnetD7ehxN5KGsY8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=raOves9AcRik8cZxeNICNGlLq0G2+8ziqlDrSiK0H8Vs00iZ65v2uzk7kAHcGDoSl9 aifgSsRC1kuZTRnHAQcc/j+pRmdCTutTeK17whm4aFdM9HqUu93GQ/eb4I+NS2gwpaG5 Tc626hzhApG8XlcEK3MLeq9V5kDrPf4ociEGM= Received: by 10.224.67.202 with SMTP id s10mr6564731qai.292.1235417623331; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:33:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowcone (92-235-187-79.cable.ubr18.sgyl.blueyonder.co.uk [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 30sm16797666ugf.45.2009.02.23.11.33.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:33:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:33:36 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Issues regarding glep-55 (Was: [gentoo-council] Re: Preliminary Meeting-Topics for 12 February 2009) Message-ID: <20090223193336.0aeee214@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <49A2F93C.7060308@gentoo.org> References: <1234257125.18160.2016.camel@localhost> <20090219125124.33eaa66c@snowcone> <1235077892.13198.1923.camel@localhost> <20090222171658.278ae167@halo.dirtyepic.sk.ca> <49A1E1CB.1000806@gentoo.org> <20090222234800.29d64b8d@snowcone> <49A206A7.3050604@gentoo.org> <1235378286.31617.6.camel@neuromancer.neuronics-tp.ch> <49A26B84.7040006@gentoo.org> <1235383347.12908.0.camel@neuromancer.neuronics-tp.ch> <49A2B276.1000109@gentoo.org> <49A2C40D.3060601@gentoo.org> <20090223155320.4b9f16fd@snowcone> <20090223171316.5d8f94d0@gentoo.org> <20090223161956.189ab5ea@snowcone> <20090223174827.7a7906ff@gentoo.org> <20090223170103.14429f5a@snowcone> <49A2F93C.7060308@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/SK.H+7fvuvyLHA+Mmp88sHS"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 6713151f-3ab2-46c8-a0a9-ea88d5e83642 X-Archives-Hash: eebcdf3af5d00c73ddacce2104419ef2 --Sig_/SK.H+7fvuvyLHA+Mmp88sHS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:30:04 +0200 Petteri R=C3=A4ty wrote: > > And we'd be starting on the next batch of "oh, we need to wait > > another year". Had GLEP 55's necessity been accepted a year ago, > > we'd have a whole bunch of requested features implemented by now. > >=20 >=20 > I doubt Portage would have gained new features any faster. Some useful things that are currently difficult become a lot easier to implement with GLEP 55. Per-package eclasses, for example, are easy if you don't have to care about the upgrade path, as is replacing versionator with a package manager internal. The complexity for both of those is in the upgrade path, not the implementation. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/SK.H+7fvuvyLHA+Mmp88sHS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmi+hIACgkQ96zL6DUtXhE4NwCdF8m7fDdeROj7j4iFd/0+66Zl pKMAoKo11Xyzv9+fGaMMQohf5HWIEbTz =DMtG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/SK.H+7fvuvyLHA+Mmp88sHS--