Re: [arch-general] Fwd: Proposal for the static library problem in Arch

2013-09-29 Thread Olivier Langlois
On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 15:26 +0100, Delcypher wrote: > should be down to the user and not the distro (yes I'm aware I could > compile boost myself... that's what I'm doing right now but what > happened to "Keep it Simple"? If I wanted to compile loads of stuff > from scratch I'd be using Gentoo). >

Re: [arch-general] Git

2013-09-29 Thread Sebastian Schwarz
On 2013-29-09, Tom Gundersen wrote: > If we were to use git, we should have one git repository per > package, and also provide one repository which includes all > the packages as submodules. Why not use one branch per package and one branch per repository with the packages as submodules instead o

Re: [arch-general] Gnome and Arch Issues Under VirtualBox

2013-09-29 Thread Kyle
Sorry, I'm not really able to help with startx stuff. It hasn't worked for me since about 2007 or so. It seems pretty involved these days to get it working. I've just been starting and stopping the display manager, which is quite easy using systemd. sudo systemctl start gdm sudo systemctl stop gd

Re: [arch-general] Problem bringing up bridge interface with netctl

2013-09-29 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:18:39 -0400 Michael Dahlberg wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: > > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:59:02 -0400 > > Michael Dahlberg wrote: > > > > > I recently upgraded to systemd-207 and I'm having some problems using > > > netctl to bring up a brid

Re: [arch-general] Gnome and Arch Issues Under VirtualBox

2013-09-29 Thread Hunter Jozwiak
I am trying to edit the xinitrc file so that when I type startx, Gnome will start. It seems that something has gone wrong with the drivers, because I get a result that I need to get information from a log file. I have the link here: Were 1920.266] XddOrg X Server 1.14.3 Release Date: 2013-09-

Re: [arch-general] Problem bringing up bridge interface with netctl

2013-09-29 Thread Michael Dahlberg
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Leonid Isaev wrote: > On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:59:02 -0400 > Michael Dahlberg wrote: > > > I recently upgraded to systemd-207 and I'm having some problems using > > netctl to bring up a bridged interface during the system boot. The > problem > > is that systemd wi

Re: [arch-general] Gnome and Arch Issues Under VirtualBox

2013-09-29 Thread Alex Jordan
On Sep 29, 2013 12:32 PM, "Hunter Jozwiak" wrote: > > I went into the directory /etc/skel/ and have erased the comment lines off of exect gnome-session It's really unclear what you're trying to do here. Please be more specific.

Re: [arch-general] Problem bringing up bridge interface with netctl

2013-09-29 Thread Leonid Isaev
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:59:02 -0400 Michael Dahlberg wrote: > I recently upgraded to systemd-207 and I'm having some problems using > netctl to bring up a bridged interface during the system boot. The problem > is that systemd will try and bring the bridged interface up before bringing > up the a

[arch-general] Gnome and Arch Issues Under VirtualBox

2013-09-29 Thread Hunter Jozwiak
Hi guys: I've installed Gnome and I don't really want to run it from the GDM. So, I went into the directory /etc/skel/ and have erased the comment lines off of exect gnome-session. When I type startx, and press alt+F2 to run and type Orca, nothing seems to happen. Also, I have the VirtualBo

Re: [arch-general] TODO-list orphans in [community]

2013-09-29 Thread Jonathan Steel
On Sun 29 Sep 2013 at 17:33, Alexander Rødseth wrote: > Hi, > > In connection with the newly created TODO lists for rebuilds of > packages formerly maintained by people that are no longer involved > with Arch Linux, I wondered if there would be any objections if I > moved the following packages fr

Re: [arch-general] Two things: TODO-list orphans in [community] and switching over to git

2013-09-29 Thread Alexander Rødseth
Hi, 2013/9/29 Gaetan Bisson : > This belongs to arch-dev-public. Not all developers and trusted users > follow arch-general, but we are all expected to read arch-dev-public. > Please repost it there in full. > > Also, please send two separate messages, one for each of your two points > above, sinc

Re: [arch-general] Two things: TODO-list orphans in [community] and switching over to git

2013-09-29 Thread Gaetan Bisson
[2013-09-29 17:33:52 +0200] Alexander Rødseth: > In connection with the newly created TODO lists for rebuilds of > packages formerly maintained by people that are no longer involved > with Arch Linux, I wondered if there would be any objections if I > moved the following packages from [community] t

Re: [arch-general] Two things: TODO-list orphans in [community] and switching over to git

2013-09-29 Thread Gaetan Bisson
[2013-09-29 17:33:52 +0200] Alexander Rødseth: > As I gather, we all like git better than svn, for a long list of > reasons. Are there any objections to switching over from svn to git as > repositories for the official packages? The reason to stick with SVN has always been that certain devs/TUs wa

Re: [arch-general] Two things: TODO-list orphans in [community] and switching over to git

2013-09-29 Thread Felix Yan
Oops, wqy-microhei-lite and zsync were added by me but I forgot to adopt them. Thanks for the TODO list and I've just adopted the two poor guys :P Regards, Felix Yan signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [arch-general] Fwd: Proposal for the static library problem in Arch

2013-09-29 Thread Dan Liew
> My last reply was flippant. Apologies for that. Huhh I didn't realise clang used LLVM as a shard library. I guess my perspective is slightly skewed because I work on another LLVM based project that uses static libraries instead (the project uses an old version LLVM). > > However, I don't see

[arch-general] Two things: TODO-list orphans in [community] and switching over to git

2013-09-29 Thread Alexander Rødseth
Hi, --- Orphans --- In connection with the newly created TODO lists for rebuilds of packages formerly maintained by people that are no longer involved with Arch Linux, I wondered if there would be any objections if I moved the following packages from [community] to AUR: (They are currently unnee