From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsaQO-00064q-E9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:54:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D5FCE0104; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:54:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailfilter2.ihug.co.nz (mailfilter2.ihug.co.nz [203.109.136.2]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF1CE0104 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:54:41 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AoABABiV/kh2XfRl/2dsb2JhbAAIxjSDUIEK X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,463,1220184000"; d="scan'208";a="139021980" Received: from 118-93-244-101.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz (HELO [10.1.1.3]) ([118.93.244.101]) by smtp.mailfilter2.ihug.co.nz with ESMTP; 22 Oct 2008 22:54:39 +1300 Message-ID: <48FEF85F.9020206@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:54:39 +1300 From: Alistair Bush User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080927) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword policy for non standard things References: <200810220141.34728.cla@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200810220141.34728.cla@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: url= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: c756c64b-feab-4431-a254-27d69a90bc7c X-Archives-Hash: 8046e0239e58317b9aa56f1c21b39cd9 Dawid W=C4=99gli=C5=84ski wrote: > Hello fellow developers and users. >=20 > I'd like to know your opinion of bug #243050 [1] >=20 > 01:18:59 cla @| If user bothers to patch his kernel, he can b= other=20 > to add proper package.keyword line, imo. ++ > 01:21:52 hparker @| Or maybe get the patches added to gentoo-sour= ces or ++ maybe we can get the pm's to implement this as EAPI=3D"999,999,999.99" I suggest a syntax of "virtual/kernel:::::::user_patched" On a more serious note, How can we confirm a package is stable when we can't confirm the kernel it depends on is? I would have no problem with gentoo-sources also including a use flag(s) ( or not ) and having it add patches to support software we have within the tree. I have no say in that tho. Alistair