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 1ABCB138E35 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:42:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 62094E0A92; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from andre.telenet-ops.be (andre.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46CB4E0A80 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TOMWIJ-GENTOO ([94.226.55.127]) by andre.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id Txik1n00D2khLEN01xikF2; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:42:44 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:42:29 +0100 From: Tom Wijsman To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords Message-ID: <20140218224229.07f012f0@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> In-Reply-To: <20140218211643.360936bc@googlemail.com> References: <52E7DBC1.5020102@gentoo.org> <20140128182304.7d458a17@marga.jer-c2.orkz.net> <20140203062524.GA7467@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> <20140203104341.2add2760@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20140204210319.GA1935@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> <20140205010833.1bcf8dca@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20140213212818.GA2199@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> <20140214195958.5aea85f0@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20140218183127.GA9680@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> <20140218221023.6f430c19@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20140218211643.360936bc@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.22; 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; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/JvNz5_6_Q7to=8ttL1fI7Vh"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: a5a458d4-5764-4ee7-a954-9ce74e39c652 X-Archives-Hash: 2fb82e9b046cb6f5505cff0d2b4480b5 --Sig_/JvNz5_6_Q7to=8ttL1fI7Vh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:16:43 +0000 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:10:23 +0100 > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > As detailed before, -* has a different meaning defined by policy; if > > we want to see that changed it should be brought up for a vote, > > otherwise its usage in discussions like these seems to suggest to > > break an existing policy. So, I read this as "arch" whenever it is > > brought up. >=20 > You would have to do this across an EAPI, since it's a change that > matters to the package mangler. Right now, if a -* is there, the > package mangler shouldn't suggest changing accepted keywords for that > package if it's suggesting how to deal with an unsatisfiable > resolution. +1, in that case changing to ** indeed would be harmful; because -* denotes that the package has been tested not to work, so suggesting ** would be a waste of time.=20 --=20 With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : TomWij@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D --Sig_/JvNz5_6_Q7to=8ttL1fI7Vh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTA9PKAAoJEPWZc8roOL/QiUsH/RxvbUtBuoztoop7YgNDSJQK DRAwHJWZvI6x7Phr5jCENunXRqGjWcEUIra1gv96/H8sO4wOXnlf4BBdQ4l8v3Uu ftQsSCDLYc3Kq8LbI9TT8paNoKVSAeIK9xMTvnz0+T31gUmsnZD5a13pBzrMRBbU Ttl5iME+6mSqQ7n+YZ7qOLBNC03nTGthcxPiFrPOG7oAU2QhE8MijYNAFDh39aZ5 YRE3seT+VKHjgNwhQefc/8ktprUlxJ9JLhx6l3OtVXMxumDogQE+5/Q3HtI2yJGx StooMl/7qQEszuBz5PVhgsloLuY2M37mny6bK8K6RgFqWN/VR0ziqDhLoS5lr00= =mOc/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/JvNz5_6_Q7to=8ttL1fI7Vh--