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 1NndAL-00089B-Sd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:26:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 32FA4E0E33; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:26:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f215.google.com (mail-ew0-f215.google.com [209.85.219.215]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEB1E0E19 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:26:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so528163ewy.29 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:26:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=9aNCXXFCGNs38P1qwJ4NC1qPNWARhWZj3B/4CcmnF4c=; b=bAxb4hvsfZAnzGen+RiyIl8bZ+RdrRWoSS8WbUlPPGAjGXZ978hB2fXFtqclUbWLJO 6Q2PwoM4iWU8QNcSkxyJ4g6jjhxh7q1Fc/0sCGGZ/+EPcvEQgpeuxyYmbw19rPksvmEd xhRn2TouZ1SU+qScLn2j0AliCU/qGMX3RS80k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=MiaCRRk+AEDexdU4/j9tzSc+iz7JlzymbjZsRL2uFzJrpu6sHg2Q6xipszrmaq6IJ0 kmaqfEHR6NswCyy5yqB337ot/W3hrkxnZTqlDqiwQ0aYfckiUvAVAPx5mGBgJNeG5Snt pBQWIzWS+DRyXomJe6sUsIyodQQsizq5rHqZE= Received: by 10.213.100.139 with SMTP id y11mr962540ebn.50.1267817181701; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:26:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from Zeerak.Fullrate (0110ds1-abc.0.fullrate.dk [90.185.49.13]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm2527123eyx.4.2010.03.05.11.26.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:26:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:24:59 +0100 From: Zeerak Mustafa Waseem To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Split desktop profile patches & news item for review Message-ID: <20100305192458.GB5763@Zeerak.Fullrate> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <201003041652.56521.tampakrap@gentoo.org> <20100305002835.7a9518b1@angelstorm> <201003051546.53427.tampakrap@gentoo.org> <20100305175937.GA5763@Zeerak.Fullrate> 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; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5I6of5zJg18YgZEa" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: d0a23f0b-55f9-4f27-a7a7-b0191061a0a9 X-Archives-Hash: af740ddc4ea0abfdd160ee7b55788a29 --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 07:01:09PM +0000, Duncan wrote: > Zeerak Mustafa Waseem posted on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:59:39 +0100 as > excerpted: >=20 > > How about the Handbook? As far as I remember you're asked to choose a > > profile :-) I can file a bug it needs to be done :-) Just let me know >=20 > That's part 1 (installing), chapter 6 (base system), section 6.b.=20 > (portage), heading "Choosing the right profile". >=20 > The handbook (at least the amd64 handbook I checked, presumably they're= =20 > pretty much the same in this regard) now says to use eselect profile, so= =20 > as long as it's listing the correct choices, the examples and details=20 > don't matter quite so much. However, the examples/details do mention=20 > desktop and server profiles (plus no-multilib for amd64) as alternates to= =20 > the generic arch profile, so they /could/ be changed to additionally=20 > mention kde and gnome. But with eselect profile doing the heavy lifting= =20 > already, I'd not call it critical. >=20 > But be sure that eselect is getting the correct listing... for all archs.= =20 > =3D:^) >=20 > --=20 > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman >=20 >=20 Agreed, I wouldn't call it a critical thing to edit, however having heard "= With so many people confused about profiles as it is", in regards both to t= he forums and the irc channels, I'd say it should be a priority to make a m= ention of it. Perhaps something akin to "There are KDE and Gnome specific p= rofiles geared towards each of these desktop environment, should you use an= other lighter environment the base profile should contain all necessary set= tings". :-) --=20 Zeerak Waseem --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLkVqKAAoJEBS1NNgpgWuWlwsH/33iMneP1dpAn5b3x07b53qG sbiWsRKFQHWfRVcw55yOmHzSsPE8tvg5z+BbOBlovrhGcBzebYHdAUp/6TVB/Lco ZpZ5ol8nDmmGf8abqVB+rxDZvcTqZo5ZwBKrVDuALLyfB+zn+Nal8hKsTMUneps6 i8DcTm5rI3o+KcPwC0rBSF1Fl4tGWhlYjmmw2ZwZxwugwYgl0hCQB+MhVIfAg/KX QiClknXYXITdLnq7+JzkTebW4m/YJ0FohJy1zdX3lKE9I0YY6i5sn2S/VwUbsmAX KqcLE8Y/y6x6DMMSt9FdVQwKYT0vx2PgGkbIV8pfPN1kp79ioojZt+1SUduHJyI= =Qs7c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa--