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 1SMhLS-0007hw-T3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:07:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 79891E0D81; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:07:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C48E0D49 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:06:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iagk10 with SMTP id k10so1368515iag.40 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:06:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=fqny0gpmpeQ6nFhUd0RkNud9GIWszeB4NPrZ6Mur6Ng=; b=jC6aOEttgGuB6V0YNqqVQGJzFxPxB71SPZanZTgHFsDYrD862P82D2FTiGSKY1EnR3 ZaSkzZ7A24ZYWmi541jU1eeaN3ecZl6D0Dp8vz1K1orI0szz2pq2Mgt4gtvjehuSf1HV UOEu0zxkeScI01lCT5m6eA0MABZVPBudut5gftSkeMRNLpO9YgTSvb+f/A2NMLoGsMQc IGYwSM7CSwNzwWZRipLPnuI8jov/wK+ZcdK0XG48hGWsP2rsFoqPYNeUniDET88ctqOz fjrnBGZGsWM2uVUQPlDa9OUH1Lzwc03EIjxCY1r1Zw8Oz3OGgdItJK1dNGIN6Zt5o3v/ 8muA== 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 Received: by 10.50.219.170 with SMTP id pp10mr5863987igc.25.1335279973940; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:06:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: tampakrap@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.31.139 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:06:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1335279581.27869.98.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> References: <201204241037.32533.vapier@gentoo.org> <20120424164526.54170c25@pomiocik.lan> <1335279581.27869.98.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:06:13 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: nS3oYXCUpeaOBQkqhHNbJzRlNFo Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal to move use.local.desc somewhere in /var From: Theo Chatzimichos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e9183642-5094-4a99-be43-5472a294bdbf X-Archives-Hash: 76e76f462ae419fe1c5ffedd1a666c75 On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Brian Dolbec wrote: > On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 16:45 +0200, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: >> On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:37:31 -0400 >> Mike Frysinger wrote: >> >> > On Tuesday 24 April 2012 10:11:44 Theo Chatzimichos wrote: >> > > Since .cvsignore is needed either way, I'm going to do it in three >> > > days if there are no objections. But I'd like some feedback for the >> > > move of the file in /var. Opinions? >> > >> > considering the server generates it and the end user never does, i >> > don't see the point. =C2=A0they get it via the normal `emerge --sync` >> > process. -mike >> >> Maybe we should consider moving it to metadata/? >> >> On the other hand, moving it will require fixing all tools using it. >> And as it is already deprecated, I don't see much good in still working >> on it. >> > > I agree, a sudden move (3 days) will cause nuisance breakage. =C2=A0If > anything, lets firm up the schedule for it's removal, so that all tools > can be updated to use cat/pkg/metadata.xml only for local flags. > > Otherwise there will be a lot of user noise generated over broken tools > such as several gentoolkit utilities, porthole, kuroo, kportagetray,... > -- > Brian Dolbec I said three days for the .cvsignore, not for moving the file to /var