Re: [gentoo-dev] X11 on Lemote Fulong (Loongson 2E) -- 'lm2e' local USE flag RFC

2008-08-01 Thread Stuart Longland
Donnie Berkholz wrote: > On 13:23 Thu 31 Jul , Stuart Longland wrote: >> An alternative however, I'd like to propose is the addition of a 'lm2e' >> local USE flag to the affected ebuilds > > Stuart, > I'm glad to hear you've made progress on this and gotten things working! > > As soon as

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New RESTRICT=live value for identification of live ebuilds?

2008-08-01 Thread Luis Francisco Araujo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Zac Medico wrote: | Hi everyone, | | It might good to add support for a new RESTRICT=live value in | ebuilds. By specifying this value, an ebuild would be able to | indicate that it uses src_unpack() to download sources from some | type of live reposi

[gentoo-dev] [RFC] New RESTRICT=live value for identification of live ebuilds?

2008-08-01 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, It might good to add support for a new RESTRICT=live value in ebuilds. By specifying this value, an ebuild would be able to indicate that it uses src_unpack() to download sources from some type of live repository such as cvs, darcs, git,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 23:17 Thu 31 Jul , Donnie Berkholz wrote: > This is your friendly reminder! Same bat time (typically the 2nd/4th > Thursdays at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council @ > irc.freenode.net) ! Jokey pointed out that in fact the council meeting is August 14. -- Thanks, Donni

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:48:21 +0200 "Lukasz Damentko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. I want Council to consider moving their meetings somewhere where > third parties can't control who in Gentoo can attend and who can't. So that would be "not on the Internet" then, I take it? -- Ciaran McCreesh

RE: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Chrissy Fullam
> Fair enough. Let me wrap up the IRC part. > > 1. I'd like to ask Council to discuss possible reactions to our > developer being banned from Freenode without providing us with a > reason. The situation looks like one of Freenode staffers overreacted > over something Chris said during previous Cou

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 12:48 +0200, Lukasz Damentko wrote: > 2008/8/1 Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 23:17 Thu 31 Jul , Donnie Berkholz wrote: > >> If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote > >> on, let us know! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 23:17 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > This is your friendly reminder! Same bat time (typically the 2nd/4th > Thursdays at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council @ > irc.freenode.net) ! > > If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote

[gentoo-dev] Interesting article from the Times Magazine

2008-08-01 Thread Denis Dupeyron
>From the Times Magazine : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html It mostly doesn't apply to us as a community (hopefully), but one paragraph is especially interesting. << In 1981, [Jon Postel] formulated what's known as Postel's Law: "Be conservative in what you do; be liber

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Lukasz Damentko
2008/8/1 Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 23:17 Thu 31 Jul , Donnie Berkholz wrote: >> If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote >> on, let us know! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole Gentoo dev >> list to see. > > I know at least one person has alre

[gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for August

2008-08-01 Thread Mike Frysinger
This is your monthly friendly reminder ! Same bat time (typically the 2nd Thursday at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council @ irc.freenode.net) ! If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even vote on, let us know ! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole G

[gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Duncan
Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:22:05 -0700: > I waste a lot of time digging through lists looking for requested agenda > items, and I could be spending it making Gentoo better instead. BTW, thanks for all the hard work you pu