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 1Nncv8-0006z7-2Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:10:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E7C0E04CB; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:10:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f211.google.com (mail-bw0-f211.google.com [209.85.218.211]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5F20E0C97 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:10:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so626879bwz.29 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:10:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=9f31lrlXjEe67iPZ9FIPjI5n1VGxLr1WAViMNMja4go=; b=o11A+1IWpI5RzhUbj3PvD3nzaCxUBdAwWRfX5oM9Bti3Gvi0gkgSQlFI5zMwn/Opny yRKDprRXyQMqAmb2OD5FDdcikyetaleyT9viXvfhyXET9sYt+RIfMGuhpS/LZDEjCGGh tmWWEAJoQVtghixbv5Z4Auru84hGm3XnyHPcQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=wi2XfTmEYGIsuWz0aMX9sd6exjBSCkfumHso9C+3TkCRQAcgEiGwvVtV91bzHQAPTW UHKC+70biSSN+cnRqxlQratRlBayCmmWwdDtOOPN6VP+WlOza+7XwbMasqiWNWdWQLZn eIPniZbRLO2htPFEKm8/0oBXIG0N3GnJWaHmc= Received: by 10.204.141.69 with SMTP id l5mr475744bku.64.1267816215354; Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:10:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from graffiti.localnet ([79.167.244.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 16sm855517bwz.1.2010.03.05.11.10.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:10:14 -0800 (PST) Sender: Theo Chatzimichos From: Theo Chatzimichos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Split desktop profile patches & news item for review Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:11:05 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.1 (Linux/2.6.32-gentoo; KDE/4.4.1; x86_64; ; ) References: <201003041652.56521.tampakrap@gentoo.org> <20100305175937.GA5763@Zeerak.Fullrate> In-Reply-To: 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="nextPart2283553.4javPlxebx"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201003052111.08772.tampakrap@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 622ce234-14e5-4f6e-8b6b-fcc5cd1891cf X-Archives-Hash: 4a8baf0a06d5c03778b35adf9f295ebc --nextPart2283553.4javPlxebx Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 05 March 2010 21:01:09 Duncan wrote: > Zeerak Mustafa Waseem posted on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:59:39 +0100 as >=20 > excerpted: > > 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. > (portage), heading "Choosing the right profile". >=20 > The handbook (at least the amd64 handbook I checked, presumably they're > pretty much the same in this regard) now says to use eselect profile, so > as long as it's listing the correct choices, the examples and details > don't matter quite so much. However, the examples/details do mention > desktop and server profiles (plus no-multilib for amd64) as alternates to > the generic arch profile, so they /could/ be changed to additionally > mention kde and gnome. But with eselect profile doing the heavy lifting > already, I'd not call it critical. >=20 > But be sure that eselect is getting the correct listing... for all archs. > =3D:^) I could submit a handbook patch too, but I guess the important thing is to= =20 make it known to people that are already using the desktop profile. Still, = a=20 small reference can be made to handbook, but just a small one, as people th= at=20 are going to install KDE or GNOME should refer the relevant installation=20 guides. I don't know, Nightmorph has the final word, so I will wait for=20 instructions. BTW, did anyone test it? =2D-=20 Theo Chatzimichos (tampakrap) Gentoo KDE/Qt Teams blog.tampakrap.gr --nextPart2283553.4javPlxebx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkuRV0wACgkQjDdoMVfcAHhLHQCcCnddix2gvHcqgO6ydt9SbzEQ eQ8AnRqJYAM+3zU1C0D3cvyYdK6G9k9H =Bqho -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2283553.4javPlxebx--