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 2689B138BF3 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:29:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 630A3E0BEE; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:29:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C0BBE0BD5 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:29:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBF7F33F8F2 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:29:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.925 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.925 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.272, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.651, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MkGZTOYbA3Mg for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:29:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79AAC33F8EB for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:29:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WF7P0-0000up-8g for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:29:22 +0100 Received: from ppp118-209-75-102.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net ([118.209.75.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:29:22 +0100 Received: from kensington by ppp118-209-75-102.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:29:22 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Michael Palimaka Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: repoman feature request / profiles.desc profile types Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 06:29:06 +1100 Message-ID: References: <201402161758.43311.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <201402161936.21570.dilfridge@gentoo.org> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp118-209-75-102.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: <201402161936.21570.dilfridge@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 7582229b-8351-4710-8222-aa40f7105eb5 X-Archives-Hash: cb6c0975445229f81b39097c9ff19c69 On 02/17/2014 05:36 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > Am Sonntag, 16. Februar 2014, 18:18:56 schrieb Michael Palimaka: >> On 02/17/2014 03:58 AM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >>> Why not make it possible to keep an ~arch only deptree consistent?! >> >> amd64-fbsd already does this with a stable profile. They just choose to >> not actually have any stable keywords. >> In my opinion, the profile type is better as a description of that >> profile, rather than a signifier of what keywords are permitted. > > I agree with that, but that's not how it was historically used / intended to > be used. > Let's change the historical meaning then - it really doesn't stray too far from the existing documented policy[1]. :-) In my opinion the change more accurately reflects reality. Profile status has no actual effect on keywords (that policy is set and self-enforced by arch teams anyway), but does affect how repoman checks it. [1]: http://devmanual.gentoo.org/profiles/profiles.desc/index.html