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 95CC6138972 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:12:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D30E21C0BF; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f177.google.com (mail-we0-f177.google.com [74.125.82.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED4C421C016 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f177.google.com with SMTP id d7so4280421wer.22 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:12:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=l8LkxbLpzt+1tm+UR8XkDpBIrWoxe/eUJmIu7Dvh0A0=; b=GgRRUaY4HzoLFLercwL3el6s7OBBB5pTyV12tawhB0Q9R/ro4enwck5AiJySGu+Xls ayh8iPFHZ/Knk7G3hCorwEK3gxkbE+cwZi/eknJn80DotVKziktdjjpvc1v5Rg5ilmSh Wmi5M+2YXJL09078H4iQuR16+F4B5lxga50pNqn1X0YPB582eVdzh99cg9U8eYeAnffG 3JPfnxSnxxXqPdUNlh5tZVQ99VTvu5vxkBsJBu3uvmTjoPA5MlnWvE1mWdJvN2tLkjRK 4gsmKbqq04Bxa4PC2UI7SX9OHRPukucNgMyxB4RKQIYpo8yDrhYLdyOerLQsfyvmj5dn j37w== X-Received: by 10.194.76.37 with SMTP id h5mr12125542wjw.21.1360512763607; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:12:43 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.18.137 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:12:22 -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> From: Markos Chandras Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:12:22 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Jwtl0dyUIlkH1E5YyN8D1HHb5OQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: News item (was: Re: [gentoo-dev] New, shiny EAPI=5 profiles: volunteer, procedure, preparations) To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 83e40308-154f-4b3c-bf59-fdef9345d0fc X-Archives-Hash: efc8b2527208c6525e5447920838ca97 On 10 February 2013 15:02, 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=FCttel > 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. Thanks --=20 Regards, Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang