From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_DIGITS,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout06.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.19]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14VbfD-00022C-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:58:49 -0700 Received: from fwd03.sul.t-online.com by mailout06.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14VbgE-0005aj-06; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:59:50 +0100 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.39.136]) by fwd03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14Vbff-0VKTTsC; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:59:15 +0100 Received: (qmail 31192 invoked by uid 0); 21 Feb 2001 18:40:33 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gottinger.de) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 21 Feb 2001 18:40:33 -0000 Message-ID: <3A93DF9E.53410D2D@gottinger.de> From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] dev-utils References: <20010221005231.A3645@cvs.gentoo.org> <3A937442.4F5FACD4@gottinger.de> <20010221084133.D6876@cvs.gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Feb 21 08:59:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:32:46 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 7c02feab-7e27-4309-8391-ad369d888773 X-Archives-Hash: c04d48421297feca70db17ec17069cd7 drobbins@gentoo.org wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 08:54:42AM +0100, Achim Gottinger wrote: > > > sys-apps will no longer be there once we switched to profiles. > > We used the sys categories only for packages that we used for our > > minimum runtime system. > > All dependencies assume that all sys packages are installed. > > We change this now. I'm currently reworking dependencies so they assume > > all packages from sys-build are installed. > > (bad english). > > There is a list in the cvs tree called current-packages.build. All > > packges required for a minimum build system are > > listed there. (not all are commited, I'm still testing). > > I will upload a build-tarball in the next days. > > Achim, I agree with everything you said except for one thing... I think > we should keep the sys-categories, but they should be like any other > category. There's a definite need for sys-apps, sys-kernel and sys-libs; > however, sys-devel can disappear with no problem. > > sys-apps: "system applications and tools (hardware/network configuration, etc.)" > sys-kernel: kernels > sys-libs: essential (or nearly essential) libraries. glibc would go here, as > would readline, as I don't see another good place for it. True but stuff like gzip/bzip and others can move to other locations. I personaly think that dev-libs whould be a good place for sys-libs stuff. BTW: The next gen gentoo can be readline free if someone really want's that. (bash comes with his own readline) achim~ > > -- > Daniel Robbins > President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org > Gentoo Technologies, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev