From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M5O6O-0007oM-4O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 17:55:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5B67E0634; Sat, 16 May 2009 17:55:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f219.google.com (mail-fx0-f219.google.com [209.85.220.219]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D25AE0634 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 17:55:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm19 with SMTP id 19so2378691fxm.34 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 10:55:13 -0700 (PDT) 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=+1slDR+lPL1DaFEKpKB2bBCsOnQQMrx0M8R+SIuH+WE=; b=ICwex9tUi09QCDgcNy51q8Si4pdzrk77nCnn1AeNWJf8R1PumgxQoSR0ThKNu0MKp6 ZywrTF8R2xrFIm/WT00+pRjY8IpC20h8MGqUTDD1hwSqKDn/mI6ECuddeB0mSh3G/uah G8jO5Q6E7vyKfxj9+v8XaON7Cq5qWJIgrblBI= 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=gaf9tJgfgPkS1dDtkDV+krQTCFxPG9156FBQeUBspAf+ndRWbZUvxA0/STqjChHhnr XMK+Vmeo61KEm4WbMLProDQDR3TMv9ghMs+f1nv9hlAsiN3C3CZEAc6IprwB6ke5ymKy pt7yaMZVepMGFZfF8Z5LmLTS91p1T1F37Gjx4= Received: by 10.204.56.13 with SMTP id w13mr4692884bkg.131.1242496513610; Sat, 16 May 2009 10:55:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowmobile (92-235-187-79.cable.ubr18.sgyl.blueyonder.co.uk [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e17sm4299147fke.13.2009.05.16.10.55.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 16 May 2009 10:55:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 18:55:08 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The fallacies of GLEP55 Message-ID: <20090516185508.0fd02f0e@snowmobile> In-Reply-To: <1242493786.7309.17.camel@peripatetic.hades> References: <20090514225337.34df7dac@snowcone> <20090515194329.GA16382@linux1> <20090515204905.54aa6a5c@snowmobile> <20090516092710.GA3221@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516151216.15efc792@snowmobile> <20090516153224.GA4964@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516163421.32935cbc@snowmobile> <20090516154332.GA6646@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20090516164903.261df865@snowmobile> <1242491708.7309.3.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516163908.GB11144@dodo.hsd1.nj.comcast.net> <1242492270.7309.6.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516174730.1d7dd5b7@snowmobile> <1242492844.7309.9.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516175931.7756060d@snowmobile> <1242493786.7309.17.camel@peripatetic.hades> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.1; i686-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; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/hXLeY_DUEvMeWk=yS.D7qn5"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 8f3b2a4b-b95e-440d-94cc-5fe249e8d3f6 X-Archives-Hash: f613bd0639955542d3026899da867587 --Sig_/hXLeY_DUEvMeWk=yS.D7qn5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 16 May 2009 22:39:46 +0530 Arun Raghavan wrote: > On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 17:59 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > > Don't care. Let's fix the problems we have *now* using solutions > > > that we can agree upon, rather than try to foist solutions that a > > > reasonably large population of developers *don't* like (even after > > > extended debate) to solve problems that don't exist yet. > >=20 > > No, let's fix it so we don't have to do the whole thing again in > > another year or two. >=20 > I see nothing about the current problem that merits the fooling around > with the ebuild extension. I've listened to and considered all the > arguments that have been made, and I still stand by my opinion that it > an unclean solution (meaning, we don't need to rehash those arguments > again here). You have yet to provide an alternative for fixing the arbitrary and pointless version format restrictions that are currently in place. > I think it makes far more sense to work towards agreeing on a solution > rather than restating the same arguments every 6 months and reaching > the same impasse. We only have one viable solution. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/hXLeY_DUEvMeWk=yS.D7qn5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoO/f4ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhEZwgCdExXgDy5XXQUQt+sp2h2cmq2O 6vgAn2kBji6gEaQoVKwBIpkMWT7Kn28e =skGC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/hXLeY_DUEvMeWk=yS.D7qn5--