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 A420613896D for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:15:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D23FD21C0C9; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:15:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f180.google.com (mail-ia0-f180.google.com [209.85.210.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB12B21C0A8 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:15:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f180.google.com with SMTP id f27so5823662iae.11 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:15:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NRA7anLazHV9nDymDMx+ILlmdwR+o5OHQqvLWwrTC5o=; b=fJhBF8MngSgJU3sPm7pUxRQ/nDAfEDJ4zRkOi2wyYN7PbtBEqTOBO3XX5AE4XzYdnU BEufBv9y0o3SLGvBalambmchlALSHki5IUyxYzIYjjGV5Wvwy7xsY5H0yE3IEvbuCvSw UdvI3TZV9/3sMS5BvUSjy2Bq3f2Jw/mbjBRlg228a0GjHZ8zDuR1U9aD0LimWrVJfN5/ F0fHuMzQdR+i02KneNL2UGAEKT6t/4B9QEJLBG3tb8Q2dBfyvbVo/Jt8GF7+pzQSjhWG OgOIliSkCrWQEwD3JEXRAIt1WVvlaBpUqM2R8x3eDggQprEL2fWExN7JvIWZwkSb3QJI J57Q== 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 X-Received: by 10.50.187.169 with SMTP id ft9mr9989329igc.25.1360509308841; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:15:08 -0800 (PST) Sender: yngwin@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.52.166 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:15:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201302101603.02281.dilfridge@gentoo.org> References: <201301122147.26044.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <201302101506.33114.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <201302101603.02281.dilfridge@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:15:08 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: yjnoFSqOM20TGI78dHrmURqvxtk Message-ID: Subject: Re: News item (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] New, shiny EAPI=5 profiles: volunteer, procedure, preparations) From: Ben de Groot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 33ebd22f-89cc-4745-ac2c-2034e36e0650 X-Archives-Hash: 4cb55537af6e09731702acb00ed0b7d2 On 10 February 2013 23:02, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > Am Sonntag, 10. Februar 2013, 15:15:43 schrieb Markos Chandras:> >> I suspect most people are interested in understanding what changed >> (since deprecation means that the new thing is better than the old >> one). Moreover, the news item is another way to assure them that >> everything is not as bad as the initial "red warning" might had made >> them think so and "keep calm and use Gentoo" ;-) > > OK, here's a news item (actually two, separate for server and non-server > profiles). Since it's a bit late now, I'll commit this or the improved ve= rsion > after discussion here in 6h (21:00 UTC) unless there are severe protests. > > -- the non-server profile variant (sparing you a lot of Display-If-Profil= e > lines) > > Title: New 13.0 profiles and deprecation of 10.0 profiles > Author: Andreas K. H=C3=BCttel > Content-Type: text/plain > Posted: 2013-02-10 > Revision: 1 > News-Item-Format: 1.0 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/10.0 > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/10.0/desktop > [...] > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/kde > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/10.0/developer > > We have generated a new set of profiles for Gentoo installation. These ar= e now > called 13.0 instead of 10.0. Everyone should upgrade as soon as possible = (but > please make sure sys-apps/portage is updated to current stable *before* y= ou > switch profile). > This brings (nearly) no user-visible changes. Some new files have been ad= ded > to the profile directories that make it possible for the developers to do= more > fine-grained use flag masking (see PMS-5 for the details), and this forma= lly > requires a new profile tree with EAPI=3D5. > > -- the server profile variant (sparing you the headers entirely) > > We have generated a new set of profiles for Gentoo installation. These ar= e now > called 13.0 instead of 10.0. Everyone should upgrade as soon as possible = (but > please make sure sys-apps/portage is updated to current stable *before* y= ou > switch profile). > This brings (nearly) no user-visible changes. Some new files have been ad= ded > to the profile directories that make it possible for the developers to do= more > fine-grained use flag masking (see PMS-5 for the details), and this forma= lly > requires a new profile tree with EAPI=3D5. > In the course of this change, the "server" profiles will be removed; they= do > not exist in the 13.0 tree anymore. You should migrate to the correspondi= ng > parent profile. This may change the default value of some use-flags. The > specific setting in "server" was > USE=3D"-perl -python snmp truetype xml" > You may want to check the setting of these flags after switching profile,= but > otherwise nothing changes. > > > > > -- > > Andreas K. Huettel > Gentoo Linux developer > dilfridge@gentoo.org > http://www.akhuettel.de/ > Looks good to me! --=20 Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin