From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5327 invoked from network); 19 Aug 2004 15:59:08 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 19 Aug 2004 15:59:08 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BxpJg-0005Vz-Ka for arch-gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:59:05 +0000 Received: (qmail 22426 invoked by uid 89); 19 Aug 2004 15:59:04 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-releng-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-releng@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 19958 invoked from network); 19 Aug 2004 15:59:02 +0000 From: John Davis Reply-To: john_davis@pauldavisautomation.com To: wolf31o2@gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1092669014.8655.44.camel@localhost> References: <200408111331.30552.jhuebel@gentoo.org> <200408121836.12316.jhuebel@gentoo.org> <20040813133922.GI1901@time.flatmonk.org> <200408130959.35892.jhuebel@gentoo.org> <20040813185828.GA2481@linux1.home> <1092669014.8655.44.camel@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-wgKjza+d/J7NNG8hUei9" Organization: Paul Davis Automation, Inc. Message-Id: <1092931140.16961.15.camel@woot.uberdavis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:59:00 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.pauldavisautomation.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: 2004.0 Profile Deprecated X-Archives-Salt: 95797f26-a3aa-4183-a57a-167c868f7949 X-Archives-Hash: 635aee24bb7452bf40825867f18bc53d --=-wgKjza+d/J7NNG8hUei9 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 11:10, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 14:58, William Hubbs wrote: > > I don't see why we need the yearly refreshes either. > >=20 > > I like the suggestion of making the names more descriptive in stead of = using numbers. > > Fore example, default/linux/am64. > > Then, you might have default/linux/am64/gcc34. > > Suppose that you decide to make the default am64 profile use gcc 3.4. = All you have to do is merge the am64/gcc34 profile into the am64 profile. > > You could do this type of merging with any revision you want to become = part of the default profile, and otherwise not change the default profile a= t all. > >=20 > > What do you think? >=20 > So how does a user know the profile has changed? What happens to users > using the gcc34 profile? What would this do to any of the proposed > "stable" portage tree incarnations? >=20 > I'm all for a profile for each release which *never* changes. Additions > can be made as sub-profiles, but a profile never changes. This way > things act exactly the same every time. Consistency is a REQUIREMENT > for QA. >=20 > I think creating a profile for each release is very simple. I've > created one myself for 2004.2 and I can tell you that it sure was a hard > 3 minutes of my life... *grin* >=20 > Having a stable profile is a definite requirement for any stable > project. Since we've been talking with the stable project guys, I think > we definitely should not be discussing doing the exact opposite of what > is needed to cooperate with them, especially on a separate list which > they might not be subscribed to... Chris - I agree on all points. Does the stable team (are they a team) have a ML? Cheers, --=20 John Davis Gentoo Linux Developer ---- GnuPG Public Key: Fingerprint: 4F9E 41F6 D072 5C1A 636C 2D46 B92C 4823 E281 41BB --=-wgKjza+d/J7NNG8hUei9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBJM5EuSxII+KBQbsRAo5GAKDQLINoGw87iSVzLKfU9mf/D5c3FQCbBu5J e/D3K0hOyVYjExU/U6yeSrk= =EVUs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wgKjza+d/J7NNG8hUei9--