From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A00A5138010 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D2488E002F; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:22:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F7921C014 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:22:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vapier.localnet (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7798933C246 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:22:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Mike Frysinger Organization: wh0rd.org To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal: removing "server" profile variants from profiles.desc Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:22:17 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.5.2; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: 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="nextPart3026951.5eg33jIVSj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201210111522.17665.vapier@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: e2dfad5b-843a-47c3-97dc-7925e7a869e9 X-Archives-Hash: 7c18fa99f0047755f6944fc5f69e9aed --nextPart3026951.5eg33jIVSj Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 11 October 2012 14:56:11 Ben Kohler wrote: > I would like to suggest that the "server" profile variants > (ie default/linux/amd64/10.0/server) be unlisted from profiles.desc, so > that they do not show up in "eselect profile list" for new users. As far > as I know, this server target is unmaintained, undesirable, and somewhat > silly, if you look at its make.defaults. If this target is being kept > around just so we don't break older setups, then simply removing from > profiles.desc would allow these systems to keep using the profile, without > presenting it as a viable option for new users. sounds like something to fix rather than punt. i don't know why you think= =20 having server profiles is "undesirable", but i certainly desire it on many= =20 systems. like servers. the desktop and developer profiles are not=20 appropriate. =2Dmike --nextPart3026951.5eg33jIVSj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJQdxxpAAoJEEFjO5/oN/WBlxwP/Aka1SYqCxODsonGGb0GwoaW tJ8MM14pl1IhFbDmhUGZlrwhdzuIek95taBIcEIBrmyLqTunKYGI96RpLHaLxLrd MpezHjE1hSJlfIdPXnozhQbqE+Jx9ZGw6bNeuIoZ3vul7Ri7qDK4hc7IbqwbK3/K EpMH1hVWvBzQEJXFAGBmqHFtpMxmSHLLgXjnxbi1s+YbFYzxX7SX5QBcwrgYsFMO cSr6/KamaajnEhu53CRdU+I+aTblSoTmyhw73COTS1LKSTM0xCO7cWsdMFgIljr3 nG1DpIJDwHkh8gPrv5ndzCM2A7n6gm+MEjTL9+UYpgEZzeW9n0SloseIw7vLdffC AS3RON1yLFJsXnLukwOmDMqDtfQlY999Vnr4ltQDcX0quMiH20vcqAs/39I1oIZH OKH33XmCLQBG1wXEsfHSDOfRaXhoJoE7WhYO2a5rIvbdlzmuqaQfCNu6n6fk51iY /NQwNI38UWc6u++ox6EhtFRjmM3bn0iAl99cQcpyjp6jlX8nOo9UmYFWI3+/ZiUP maKsqFNg0i02EC/hfGJ0N6YcaxhaUkMCoHqJa6kmde9o+15im04QY+kA0je24z2F wSFbhUNJPdFpRWc/9oKodh/EhpkFA1+4/45q6Z/2Jy/t8vTDLG/NrvPuP2QkI1gr yVUz1WJHCHXaExxmsFhX =RqeV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3026951.5eg33jIVSj--