[gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[David Seifert]

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# David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> (2023-05-19)
# Abandoned, replaced by 'eselect repository', tons of open bugs.
# Removal on 2023-06-18. Bug #761199.
app-portage/layman


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[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Alexe Stefan]

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Layman is still a convenient way of managing overlays. It still works as
intended.
Is there any way for it to be kept in the repos?

vin., 19 mai 2023, 01:35 David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> a scris:

> # David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> (2023-05-19)
> # Abandoned, replaced by 'eselect repository', tons of open bugs.
> # Removal on 2023-06-18. Bug #761199.
> app-portage/layman
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Sam James]

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Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

> Layman is still a convenient way of managing overlays. It still works
> as intended.
> Is there any way for it to be kept in the repos?

Is there an issue for you with using eselect-repository, which is
actively maintained and doesn't depend on unmaintained software
(pyGPG and g-sorcery)?


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Mickaël Bucas]

Le ven. 19 mai 2023 à 01:08, Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> a écrit :
> Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Layman is still a convenient way of managing overlays. It still works
> > as intended.
> > Is there any way for it to be kept in the repos?
>
> Is there an issue for you with using eselect-repository, which is
> actively maintained and doesn't depend on unmaintained software
> (pyGPG and g-sorcery)?
>

The only issue would be the switch to a different tool.
Is there documentation about the migration path ?

My little search found old forum questions, with individual
configuration changes, not general directions.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1136835-start-0.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/lxnktm/psa_stop_using_layman/

Thanks
Mickaël Bucas

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Mike Gilbert]

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 7:07 PM Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>
> Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Layman is still a convenient way of managing overlays. It still works
> > as intended.
> > Is there any way for it to be kept in the repos?
>
> Is there an issue for you with using eselect-repository, which is
> actively maintained and doesn't depend on unmaintained software
> (pyGPG and g-sorcery)?

Is anyone aware of an alternative for "layman -i repo_name"? I use
that on occasion to find overlay maintainers when assigning bug
reports.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Brian Evans]

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On 5/19/2023 1:51 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 7:07 PM Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Layman is still a convenient way of managing overlays. It still works
>>> as intended.
>>> Is there any way for it to be kept in the repos?
>>
>> Is there an issue for you with using eselect-repository, which is
>> actively maintained and doesn't depend on unmaintained software
>> (pyGPG and g-sorcery)?
> 
> Is anyone aware of an alternative for "layman -i repo_name"? I use
> that on occasion to find overlay maintainers when assigning bug
> reports.
> 
For repository owners, there's a simple way using xmllint (from the 
common libxml2 package):

xmllint --xpath "//repo[name='mysql']/owner" 
~/.cache/eselect-repo/repositories.xml


Trade out the name as necessary.  Needs a copy of repositories.xml 
locally which eselect-repository often caches. (Time is defined by 
REMOTE_LIST_REFRESH in /etc/eselect/repository.conf default of 2 hours.)

Brian


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Alexe Stefan]

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What is the alternative to layman -S?
I would like to have a way of syncing only my overlays, as there are often
fixes pushed multiple times in the same day and I would like to avoid
syncing ::gentoo every time I sync my overlays.

vin., 19 mai 2023, 02:08 Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> a scris:

>
> Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Layman is still a convenient way of managing overlays. It still works
> > as intended.
> > Is there any way for it to be kept in the repos?
>
> Is there an issue for you with using eselect-repository, which is
> actively maintained and doesn't depend on unmaintained software
> (pyGPG and g-sorcery)?
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Alexe Stefan]

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Regarding the dependency on pyGPG and g-sorcery, I have layman installed
without any of those programs installed.

vin., 19 mai 2023, 02:08 Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> a scris:

>
> Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Layman is still a convenient way of managing overlays. It still works
> > as intended.
> > Is there any way for it to be kept in the repos?
>
> Is there an issue for you with using eselect-repository, which is
> actively maintained and doesn't depend on unmaintained software
> (pyGPG and g-sorcery)?
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: app-portage/layman

[Adrian Schollmeyer]

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Hey,

Am Montag, dem 22.05.2023 um 13:50 +0300 schrieb Alexe Stefan:
> What is the alternative to layman -S?

emaint sync -r <repo-name>

Works for any repo in repos.conf, not limited to layman.

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