From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0693138330 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:18:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DBE4C21C1FA; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:17:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E62921C1D3 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:17:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [100.42.103.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: williamh) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 28C09340931 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:17:57 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:17:32 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] base-system needs developers who care Message-ID: <20160824171732.GB25523@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20160824020306.0df85e4c@abudhabi.paradoxon.rec> <20160824160505.3d07b9d6@abudhabi.paradoxon.rec> 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="DBIVS5p969aUjpLe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160824160505.3d07b9d6@abudhabi.paradoxon.rec> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: 42663712-6821-4356-ac4f-51f26a6257aa X-Archives-Hash: 1c7c48290d406bec9fe3f0d3c1324c84 --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 04:05:05PM +0200, Lars Wendler wrote: > On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:08:30 -0400 Anthony G. Basile wrote: >=20 > >On 8/23/16 8:03 PM, Lars Wendler wrote: > >> I have some kind of interest for these packages: =20 > > > >Lars, maybe once we get some names we should get a meeting of > >base-system together and coordinate our efforts. In particular, I > >mostly have interest in those packages that make up @system for the > >stages I build. > > >=20 > Guys, I'd like to take the opportunity to "revive" the #gentoo-base IRC > channel for coordination between base-system developers.=20 > Perhaps "revive" is not the appropriate word considering that the > channel never stopped to exist but rather became extinct. >=20 > Opinions? Sure, I'm fine with using it; I'm there anyway. > Furthermore what about the devs currently being listed in base-system > team but stopped taking care of the team's packages for years? =20 I would say contact them individually and ask them if they want to stay on the team. > Oh, and to all new team members: > Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages yet, so > we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very old systems. This was always a huge mistery that never really made sense. Once the pm is upgraded on a system to eapi 6, I don't see the reason to hold back any base system packages to older eapis, especially once eapi 6 has been stable for a year. William --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAle91qcACgkQblQW9DDEZTjS+gCfZMhF2E0PRHGuy8rRgpb7/wlE McgAnjJNlGkdD0Vw+126daC8NPd7X1Fp =Yj0b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe--