From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N5u7C-00034Z-Ds for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:38:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB851E088D; Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com (mail-yx0-f174.google.com [209.85.210.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9336E088D for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:38:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe4 with SMTP id 4so400299yxe.32 for ; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:38:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+4fqYdKTP0zB1xQJdZPW2JQq9JR9IsIWWko0euAugbw=; b=p+CW8DIlmC6N+jExsFnWCPUufw+8KQRyHTLJAccLyLUFMkPBFvFzdaEKfAOR97F7K6 +07puuONMYqtRdNUOxjj+hbEDLTyFwqU+ufTlV3nNKkKHHBuPt3xzI9ZI1DguyH/kqp3 /VmGAd183TxJY0B7ps2+0RdsnjLbJxl/+yLoM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=p3URLo7kEdNinuisi6ldk4HOAg+cKiq+FIPtuSBYxJ/38weYCMkw2o0FA6xZFGcSkk DynpEH8h1Bb1ruZtWEV4FE2YROcr8sd1ENA+dIqvsm3fPqep8smpt5aJ2a/lCFGfaZv6 qNfi5TvZGlvuKB1apfAMS1ci3sknT+HArFOio= Received: by 10.150.26.3 with SMTP id 3mr4367330ybz.69.1257395908453; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:38:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.1? (adsl-0-115-242.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.115.242]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm416939gxk.0.2009.11.04.20.38.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:38:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4AF256C1.2040702@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:38:25 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20091007 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 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] Re: Lastrite (part 1): KDE3-only applications that won't build when KDE4 is installed References: <4AD8D301.7020903@gentoo.org> <1255775174.2212.1393.camel@tablet> <4AD99DE5.7060701@gentoo.org> <4AF1778D.2060905@gmail.com> <4AF187BE.9030601@gmail.com> <4AF1F6C0.6000902@gmail.com> <1257371867.14013.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4AF2055F.7090509@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 5d45a18b-5952-4c3a-a066-7c742fa36333 X-Archives-Hash: 3e41069dd2a675713906f2756c3478ac Paul Arthur wrote: > On 2009-11-04, Dale wrote: > > =20 >> Pacho Ramos wrote: >> >> =20 >>> El mi=C3=A9, 04-11-2009 a las 15:48 -0600, Dale escribi=C3=B3: >>> >>> =20 >>>> Ben de Groot wrote: >>>> >>>> =20 >>>>> 2009/11/4 Dale : >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>>> Is it possible to just mask and maybe keyword KDE 3? >>>>>> =20 >>>>> This has already been decided. We are moving it to an overlay. I >>>>> can't think of a valid reason why you would not use that overlay. >>>>> =20 >>>> Because I don't want one more thing to have to deal with. Gentoo >>>> is enough fun already. >>>> =20 >>> But, why do you think having kde3 stuff hardmasked in main tree >>> in unmaintained state will be better than having it on a external >>> overlay? :-/ >>> >>> Also, think about gnome users (like me) that will not need to >>> download all kde3 ebuilds on every sync :-) Yes, maybe they aren't >>> so much but I still fail to see why do you think that preserving >>> kde3 hardmasked is better than using an overlay >>> =20 >> Because I am not familiar with overlays. I have never used one and >> hope to keep it that way. If it was hardmasked, just run autounmask >> kde-meta:3.5 or something similar and carry on. >> =20 > > "I am not familiar with autounmask. I have never used it and hope to > keep it that way. If it was in an overlay, just run layman -a kde3 or > something similar and carry on." > > =20 Well actually, I already have KDE 3.5 in package.keyword and package.unmask so I wouldn't have to do anything at all. I would gladly share my files with you so you wouldn't have to run autounmask since you are not familiar with it and don't want to use it. All for helping my fellow Gentoo users and making life easier for them too. Dale :-) :-)=20