AllenJB wrote: > Ben de Groot wrote: >> We've been living with the 2008.0 profiles for a while now. I think the >> time has come for 2009.0 profiles so we can have some updates. Also, >> there are plans for an anniversary release of our LiveCD, so I think the >> time is right to start working on a new set of profiles. >> >> One reason I bring this up is that the Qt team would like to see the qt3 >> useflag dropped from desktop profiles, and I'm sure others have some >> suggestions as well. > > Haven't the devs just been making changes directly to the profiles since > at least autobuilds came about? I'm sure I've seen some global use flag > changes relatively recently. What is the actual policy on this? > > It seems kind of pointless to me to tie global use flag changes to a > release cycle when per-package use flags are now changed "on a whim" > (with EAPI-2 style default use flags)
I think a release cycle is most useful for handling incompatible changes. This allows us to make changes in newer releases that might break older package managers. >> Traditionally, the release team has taken care of this, as the profiles >> were tied to releases of install media and stage3 archives. Now that we >> have the autobuilds, this relationship isn't as self-evident anymore, >> which is why I address the wider dev community. > > With the introduction of autobuilds, would it be a good idea to rename > the profiles so that they don't have the date association? This does > seem to confuse a number of new users who will appear asking where the > 2009 profiles are. Maybe, but you could also look at this as a documentation/training issue. > What does Gentoo use versioned profiles for now that use flag changes, > in particular per-package use flags, don't seem to be linked at all. > What should they be used for? As said above, incompatible changes. However, it might be nice to offer some unversioned profiles for power-users who update regularly and aren't concerned about compatibility issues. > Is this going to be another thing that isn't updated in the Handbooks? > >> Please share your ideas on this. >> >> Cheers, >> Ben >> > -- Thanks, Zac
