Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-30 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 9/30/13 1:31 AM, hero...@gentoo.org wrote: > Having a unstable eclass as toolchain-r1.eclass in tree might not be a > good idea compared to an overlay though. If that's the case, it should be pretty straightforward to create an overlay with that eclass, either under toolchain-r1 or just toolcha

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-30 Thread heroxbd
"Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" writes: > While I'm not nearly good enough to detail how this should happen > exactly, please, may I beg, do an eclass revision for this. There is an r1 candidate as Paweł initiated (bug 474358) > The fact that this hasn't been done clearly implies it is a lot of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-29 Thread Luca Barbato
On 29/09/13 04:12, hero...@gentoo.org wrote: > It's just a starting point, though. I still don't have a clear plan yet. > > After reading carefully the thread Ulrich pointed out, it seems that > refactoring ebuild/eclass is invevitable, which calls for an overlay to > carry it on. That would be m

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-28 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/28/2013 10:12 PM, hero...@gentoo.org wrote: > "Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" writes: > >> On 09/28/2013 03:00 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, heroxbd wrote: >>> I am revisiting this topic based on previous discussion

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-28 Thread heroxbd
"Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" writes: > On 09/28/2013 03:00 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, heroxbd wrote: >> >>> I am revisiting this topic based on previous discussions[1,2,3]. >> >>> There seems to be a constant need for toolchain with a new EAPI. The >>> only block is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-28 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/28/2013 03:00 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, heroxbd wrote: > >> I am revisiting this topic based on previous discussions[1,2,3]. > >> There seems to be a constant need for toolchain with a new EAPI. The >> only block is

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-28 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013, heroxbd wrote: > I am revisiting this topic based on previous discussions[1,2,3]. > There seems to be a constant need for toolchain with a new EAPI. The > only block is "how can we upgrade from an ancient system?", "don't > bump or the upgrade path will be break". Let'

[gentoo-dev] Gentoo Upgrade Guide and EAPI

2013-09-27 Thread heroxbd
Dear Fellows, I am revisiting this topic based on previous discussions[1,2,3]. There seems to be a constant need for toolchain with a new EAPI. The only block is "how can we upgrade from an ancient system?", "don't bump or the upgrade path will be break". Let's figure out a solid upgrade path con