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 50BCB1381FB for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D314621C1F0 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:32:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mo-p05-ob.rzone.de (mo-p05-ob.rzone.de [81.169.146.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0686F21C05B for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:20:34 +0000 (UTC) X-RZG-AUTH: :I3kQYkG6f/ML/Lb0bAYFCBt+SpICkd7E+UrA1ycmip9RDA+sU5X+JL1z/vOu/0qTayer X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo05 Received: from porto.localnet (p5B3117C4.dip.t-dialin.net [91.49.23.196]) by smtp.strato.de (joses mo47) (RZmta 31.11 DYNA|AUTH) with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPA id K0648foBREE004 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:20:33 +0100 (CET) From: "Andreas K. Huettel" To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items -- Council meeting 2013-01-08 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:21:13 +0100 Message-ID: <7346529.VRfjGMRmYK@porto> Organization: Gentoo Linux User-Agent: KMail/4.9.4 (Linux/3.5.7-gentoo; KDE/4.9.4; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20121227143738.4d5ce2dd@pomiocik.lan> References: <1356540147.20663.14.camel@localhost> <20121227143738.4d5ce2dd@pomiocik.lan> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2289649.3k97Tr1TSP"; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4ba172b8-487a-4fa4-af48-7dd70c423ac8 X-Archives-Hash: 42b5768cbf9f59bd787a6c223e864d7b --nextPart2289649.3k97Tr1TSP Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Am Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012, 14:37:37 schrieb Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3r= ny: >=20 > a) adding new profiles which will require EAPI=3D5 and requiring all > users to migrate to them after upgrading portage. Using new > use.stable.mask files in those profiles. >=20 > b) adding new profiles (with current EAPIs) and requesting our unstab= le > users to migrate to them. Masking the relevant USE flags globally > and unmasking in those profiles. >=20 > c) 'fixing' the use.stable.mask feature and wording it in such a way > that it would apply to EAPI 5 (or 6) packages independently of profil= es > EAPI. >=20 As the original proponent of the .stable.mask files, I'd recommend solu= tion=20 c). This is what I intended to achieve in the beginning; I accepted to = place=20 this into a new profile EAPI after I saw no chance of it going into PMS= =20 otherwise.=20 According to PMS, profile directories may contain files not recognized = by the=20 package manager. A package manager that does not understand the stable.= mask=20 files will thus -if PMS-compliant- just ignore them. Solutions a) and b) have the big disadvantage that you will never ever = be able=20 to use the stable.mask files in the main profile directory or the base = profile=20 (since there the main profile EAPI setting will apply also in the futur= e).=20 Other disadvantages have also been discussed. --=20 Andreas K. Huettel Gentoo Linux developer=20 dilfridge@gentoo.org http://www.akhuettel.de/ --nextPart2289649.3k97Tr1TSP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABCgAGBQJQ3GeFAAoJEEb+UGWnxTyHs00QAJ281mUKRS/F5Xgluhm6XfBt SJT2eKj1yDkbxFoaJaWrL/bY0XaiDgVQzJmS5Y0+POt4QaH374Jw9e87D40uVhNm r76CQOBFR4Lr3eD8kpVx92+UbWGKZoB45jzhlw3G2hxRT97td/qW040kILbhWT4n w4SozDCtXs7PNRpyTPWSuwemOyRdrnzDncO7OEBKh2453eWOLpmS0HH2QfsiAn1Q Kca1puPqB5Q78KsILk22Vc94sj3xVvt8q1v0X5IfRW6mPXEf0MislJuo/lSakGgz Hi6X2ayKg7HNpvgklJkOfgJe+LrttTZcRZmQvtouju/pJ5AZ3e1TOlUukkSAqkHL JTJN53DdK8+eRGdgk51081xyPfXYkkHPkz2lLR/HwkMZw7ie1EUMDKEexgo1mlWv pETS/+ong5529NcuQQkWYlzs2Fce3Jec3BmFQiI25Csp60OYXSNoGl9AmxT5d4kP JyA958VzQNtUh7kevK7CN9pmsb6hXZEPrdqUS8r+cedx3yKVdvTdVF21ytvOBRQp IuhlJQqFg9LOUUAmxpX+RU64OsluXsJSzrcJ70DAM3iO6/kOKhCuZVkgFOg3ABRB kbBQmbWmtUTiuN4gwm9zLOwqLd1m1HJsL7E2ECgqRV4OahqNvRuBvS/jV8PFRZBc lDHdniUuf8S5QZZ00tNl =53dk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2289649.3k97Tr1TSP--