[Foresight-devel] Re: Quick questions...

2010-08-02 Thread Zhang Sen
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Og Maciel wrote: > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Alexandre Franke > wrote: >> If we ever get rid of Firefox, I hope we'll switch to Epiphany (in the >> GNOME edition of Foresight Linux). Here again, I'm voicing my wish to >> follow vanilla upstream GNOME. > > A

[Foresight-devel] Re: packaging trouble

2010-08-02 Thread Zhang Sen
And, use 'cvc explain' to read manual about specific methods (like addArchive, Configure, Make, etc). On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:42 AM, richard kim wrote: > Hi everyone.  This is a shout out for some help with packaging.  Tomas has > really helped me a lot with the basics.  But I have very little

[Foresight-devel] Re: Quick questions...

2010-08-01 Thread Zhang Sen
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Og Maciel wrote: > ... that I hope can be answered quickly as well :) > > Q: What is currently the show stopper holding up a release? > > Q: Who can currently build groups for fl:2-devel, etc and can we > document the process by which a group is kicked off? Can we

[Foresight-devel] Re: packaging trouble

2010-08-01 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi Richard, On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:42 AM, richard kim wrote: > Hi everyone.  This is a shout out for some help with packaging.  Tomas has > really helped me a lot with the basics.  But I have very little experience > with even compiling packages from source.  Not sure why I thought conary > pa

[Foresight-devel] Re: Add gameway commits to foresight commits

2010-07-31 Thread Zhang Sen
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Alexandre Franke wrote: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Tomas Forsman > wrote: >>  Howdy all, wonder if it's a good idea to ad gameway repo to the same >> commits as foresight commit mails? >> Easier to for everyone to see games that arrives and so on > >

[Foresight-devel] Re: current foresight images are harmful to us

2010-07-27 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 08:28 +0200, Tomas Forsman wrote: > So no one really wrote why we can't change stable release iso, to > change to fl:2-qa iso instead. > > And as i understand, we don't need to make users to change label anymore > in fl:2-qa or fl:2-devel. > It should use the right installa

[Foresight-devel] Re: foresight upgrade helper

2010-07-18 Thread Zhang Sen
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Andres Vargas wrote: > here the small example: > http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9726/pantallazoforesightupgr.png > > the i think using an other popup for conary output.. or call a > gnome-terminal for running the commands I think one requirement of the script

[Foresight-devel] Re: current foresight images are harmful to us

2010-07-16 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 10:36 -0500, Andres Vargas wrote: > mmm with zenity can run on sh file, but i dont know if zenity > installed on fl:2 group-gnome-dist > > pygtk ... today start to hack it. and end asap The script here (http://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-1461 ) can be an exa

[Foresight-devel] toolchian sprint for FL3 (13:00 UTC, Thursday, #foresight-devel)

2010-07-06 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi all, I had a chat with doniphon and he talked about how to get FL3 started. Here is the slightly edited chatlog [1]. Everyone interested in the new version of Foresight, please have a look at the page :) Our first task would be to get the toolchain bits moving. So a sprint is scheduled for

[Foresight-devel] Re: current foresight images are harmful to us

2010-07-02 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi Richard, On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 08:08 -0700, richard kim wrote: > Hi everyone. If I can make a request, after releasing the next version of > foresightlinux, would someone be willing to do a "teach how to package with > conary" session? I tried to go through the documents, but I can't figure it

[Foresight-devel] Re: current foresight images are harmful to us

2010-07-02 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 13:38 +0200, Martin Bähr wrote: > won't that cause problems with people wanting to switch from qa to > stable once it is updated? on debian and ubuntu this works well, because > each testing version eventually transforms into the stable version, all > the users need to do is _

[Foresight-devel] current foresight images are harmful to us

2010-07-02 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi list, As everybody knows, there are not many new users coming at this moment. But sometimes we do see new users, such as http://forum.foresightlinux.org/index.php?topic=867.0. And the most frequent scenario that happens is like this: Q: Is foresight still alive? A: Yes. But only for devel/qa b

[Foresight-devel] Re: gnome-packagekit fixed

2010-06-16 Thread Zhang Sen
On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 15:55 -0500, Andres Vargas wrote: > I confirm @jesse yes ticache not found wqy-zenhei because ticache search by > this flavor > > searchFlavor = (CfgFlavor, deps.parseFlavor( > 'is: x86(~i486,~i586,~i686,~sse,~sse2)')) > > and wqy-zenhei not have flavor :P i fixing

[Foresight-devel] Re: gnome-packagekit fixed

2010-06-16 Thread Zhang Sen
On Sat, 2010-06-12 at 16:02 -0500, Andres Vargas wrote: > well today i test gnome-packagekit and i can install/update/remove packages > all changes are commited on fl:2-devel plz test and report errors/problems I have problems finding certain packages. For example 'wqy-zenhei'. Neither Add/Remove

[Foresight-devel] Re: some words about a future that isn't written yet [re: Foresight Council Meeting - 2010.05.27]

2010-05-27 Thread Zhang Sen
2010/5/27 António Meireles : > The ongoing fl:2* 'maintenance' process is not going to stop,until we > are able to do the swap of the higher level bits to the top of the new > bootstrapped platform. Some restraint is suggested as i do not expect > MAJOR/intrusive changes to happen there, from now o

[Foresight-devel] Re: some words about a future that isn't written yet [re: Foresight Council Meeting - 2010.05.27]

2010-05-27 Thread Zhang Sen
On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 12:28 +0100, António Meireles wrote: > stop relying in rPL bits (rPL2) and start having out own > > a team [...] be able to grasp and fully understand the maintenance > basics > > a reference [...] the reasoning for all major design decisions. > > a set of Foresight Platfor

[Foresight-devel] Re: forum management

2010-05-26 Thread Zhang Sen
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:31 PM, ermo | Rune Morling wrote: > >From my perspective, we therefore need to explore the viability of > running our own forum vs. Google Groups vs. having a forum at > linuxquestions.org. And then we need to keep working on getting our own > house in order re. document

[Foresight-devel] Re: forum management

2010-05-25 Thread Zhang Sen
(Forgot Cc?) On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Martin Bähr wrote: > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 09:45:19AM +0800, Zhang Sen wrote: >> > can we turn the issue tracker into a forum? >> Well, this is simply not how a forum works... > > why not? in a forum people browse topics, an

[Foresight-devel] Re: forum management

2010-05-25 Thread Zhang Sen
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Martin Bähr wrote: > after reading todays discussion on our limited capacity to manage forums > because to many spam users sign up and it is extra work to monitor yet My idea is that, 1. Stop spam technically, i.e. using better software, more blockers, etc. 2. I

[Foresight-devel] Re: Council Meeting Agenda 2010-05-27

2010-05-19 Thread Zhang Sen
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Bertrand Juglas wrote: > See you later on #foresight-devel Just note that this meeting is on a Thursday (for most of the world), and it will be in #foresight-council. Jesse ___ Foresight-devel mailing list Foresight-dev

[Foresight-devel] heads up: extraConfig changes for GnomePackageRecipe

2010-03-28 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, With this commit in gnomepackage:source, (http://lists.rpath.org/pipermail/foresight-commits/2010-March/040268.html), now you can define a simple extraConfig for extra ./configure options, instead of overriding GnomePackageRecipe.extraConfig. For example, in this commit in gnome-shell (http:/

[Foresight-devel] Re: started a page of "Packaging Trouble-shooting"

2010-03-24 Thread Zhang Sen
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Bertrand Juglas wrote: > Is it me not reading well or are both links below pointing to the same wiki > page ? Oooops, the second should be http://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/DEV/Packaging+Tips ___ Foresight-devel mai

[Foresight-devel] started a page of "Packaging Trouble-shooting"

2010-03-23 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi all, I recently moved the contents in my space out to http://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/DEV/Packaging+Trouble-shooting, which documents those small problems during compiling/packaging. Please help extend it :) If you think it ok, please merge your stuff with it, I know some people doing si

[Foresight-devel] Re: group-gnome-dist-devel

2010-01-17 Thread Zhang Sen
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Bertrand Juglas wrote: > Can someone paste me the precise download link for the 2-devel iso ? > Because i can't see it on rBuilder with my bertux account which isn't > authorized. The latest images, which are built from group-gnome-d...@fl:2-devel on 12-Jan-2010:

[Foresight-devel] Re: Fwd: Can you helme with conary

2010-01-17 Thread Zhang Sen
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Og Maciel wrote: > I'm a foresight user. Some days ago, using coary i uninstalled sqlite > by error Embarrassed ; the only way i found to install sqlite again > was download and copy the files by hand. > > Now i can use conary, the little problem is than conary doe

[Foresight-devel] Re: ls doesn't show color

2010-01-13 Thread Zhang Sen
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:31 PM, zh.je...@gmail.com wrote: > It would be nice if someone renames the files or updates > coreutils-colorls.sh. Or debate if colored-ls is wanted and remove > these configs... Hi doniphon, thanks for the fix. But those DIR_COLORS files probably needs update too, see:

[Foresight-devel] Re: boot error also seen on gnome dev kit

2009-11-03 Thread Zhang Sen
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Scott Parkerson wrote: > Looks like this bug: https://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-2167. > > A workaround is to boot the ISO in rescue mode with networking > enabled, install initrd=foresight.rpath@fl:2-devel/6.0.71-3-3, > then rebuild the initrd (or, as

[Foresight-devel] boot error also seen on gnome dev kit

2009-11-01 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, On a recent vmware image of gnome dev kit (http://www.rpath.org/web/project/gnome/build?id=23727 , http://www.rpath.org/web/project/gnome/build?id=23726), the system won't boot at all. And the error is just like tforsman saw for a 2-devel iso. A screenshot is at http://imagebin.org/70114 . Ua

[Foresight-devel] order of labels affects cvc behavior

2009-10-21 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, Not sure if this is a genuine problem.. But I tried to do a 'cvc rdiff' from some dir (where there is no CONARY file), and this is what I got, -- [zh...@localhost ~]$ cvc rdiff banshee 1.5.1-0.2 1.5.1-0.3 error: revision 1.5.1-0.3 of banshee:source was not found on label(s)

[Foresight-devel] warnings when updateall on 2-devel

2009-09-27 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, When updating on a 2-devel machine, I got a bunch of "Warning: program compiled against libxml 207 using older 206", --- Applying update job 9 of 104: Update atk(:devel :devellib :doc :lib :locale) (foresight.rpath@fl:2-devel/1.26.0-0.1-2[~!builddocs] -> foresight.rpa

[Foresight-devel] try out gnome-shell

2009-09-25 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi list, gnome-shell is working for me. Take a took at this page if you want to have a try, http://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/~jesse/Try+Out+GNOME +Shell Cheers, - Jesse ___ Foresight-devel mailing list Foresight-devel@lists.rpath.org http://lists

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to find the :source trove of a package

2009-09-25 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 12:14 +0200, Mark Trompell wrote: > > conary rq gdm --info Thanks, Mark. I never know 'conary q' and 'conary rq' is different for this :) - Jesse ___ Foresight-devel mailing list Foresight-devel@lists.rpath.org http://lists.rpath

[Foresight-devel] how to find the :source trove of a package

2009-09-25 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, Given a binary package name, how can I find out from which source trove it is built? E.g. gdm and gdm-user-switch-applet are both built from gdm:source. Thanks, - Jesse ___ Foresight-devel mailing list Foresight-devel@lists.rpath.org http://lists.rp

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to format the buildRequires list

2009-09-25 Thread Zhang Sen
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Martin Bähr wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 02:19:05PM +0200, Alexandre Franke wrote: > less rules are better than more. This really depends :). And at here, just like any coding styles,more rules are better than less IMO. > i like to keep things grouped by rel

[Foresight-devel] how to format the buildRequires list

2009-09-24 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi list, I find it much clearer to format the buildRequries one at each line, like, buildRequires = [ 'GConf:devel', 'GConf:runtime', 'NetworkManager:devel', 'ORBit2:devel', 'WebKit:devel', 'aspell:devel', With this format the recipe becomes mo

[Foresight-devel] conary fails after applying critical updates and when rerunning command

2009-09-20 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, I have seen this problem several times. conary updateall first applies the critical updates then it quits. Update group-gnome-dist (gnome.rpath@gnome:trunk/2.27.20090903-1-1[live,~!livecd] -> gnome.rpath@gnome:trunk/2.27.20090919-1-1[live,~!livecd]) ** The update will restart i

[Foresight-devel] Re: two bugs after installing Foresight Linux @fl:2-devel (2.1.2-0.28-3) 04-Sep-2009 [developer edition] - x86

2009-09-11 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 09:32 +0200, Mark Trompell wrote: > One can argue if that's a bug though. The colors always annoy me, > making things sometimes hard to read Yeah.. that's true. But if we include /etc/profile.d/coreutils-colorls.sh, then I think we mean for the default behavior to show colors

[Foresight-devel] Re: two bugs after installing Foresight Linux @fl:2-devel (2.1.2-0.28-3) 04-Sep-2009 [developer edition] - x86

2009-09-10 Thread Zhang Sen
3. 'ls' doesn't show colors and I have to run 'dircolors -p > ~/.dircolors'. ___ Foresight-devel mailing list Foresight-devel@lists.rpath.org http://lists.rpath.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel

[Foresight-devel] two bugs after installing Foresight Linux @fl:2-devel (2.1.2-0.28-3) 04-Sep-2009 [developer edition] - x86

2009-09-10 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, Just now I installed "Foresight Linux @fl:2-devel (2.1.2-0.28-3) 04-Sep-2009 [developer edition] - x86" (http://www.rpath.org/project/foresight/build?id=22855). And here are some problems I saw, (BTW, it's group-gnome-dist-devel=foresight.rpath@fl:2-devel/2.1.2-0.28-3) 1. On first boot

[Foresight-devel] how to add font to the group

2009-09-05 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, How should a font be added in the group? (namely a Chinese font I committed days ago, wqy-zenh...@fl:2-devel) Add a line under '# extra fonts we ship', like, r.flAdd('urw-fonts', groupName='group-xorg-fonts') ? And with byDefault=False? Thanks, -Zhang __

[Foresight-devel] Re: ls doesn't show color

2009-09-04 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 09:05 -0400, Erik Southworth wrote: > Run the command ``dircolors -p >.dircolors`` in your $HOME dir to > build a > default user config. > Restart the terminal to try it. Works like a charm, thanks! ___ Foresight-devel mailing list

[Foresight-devel] ls doesn't show color

2009-09-04 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, I don't know it's when, but now when I do '$ ls', it no longer show colors for special entries (say dirs). $ which ls /bin/ls I'm on a up-to-date 2-qam, with coreutils:runtime=foresight.rpath@fl:2-qa/7.2-2-1 Attached /etc/profile.d/coreutils-colorls.sh and my .bashrc. Thanks, zhang # .

[Foresight-devel] Re: DRAFT: 2.1.2 release notes - please review and comment!

2009-09-01 Thread Zhang Sen
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 21:49 +0200, Martin Bähr wrote: > jesse started working on updating gnome, and there is a reasonable > chance that we can have release with gnome soon after the new gnome > release is out. I just did some telepathy things.. Do we want to release with gnome2.28, or before that

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to install a directory manually

2009-08-21 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 22:28 -0400, Erik Southworth wrote: > You said "r.Install('skins', '%(datadir)s/libfetion/')" works, > > I use the following real example without problem: > > r.Install('doc', '%(docdir)s/%(name)s-%(version)s/') Yes, it works, I just want to verify this usage with you gurus

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to install a directory manually

2009-08-21 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 21:09 -0400, Erik Southworth wrote: > I've noticed this but it doesn't seem to be a real problem. The > difference > is important with the DESTDIR argument. > > READ: $ cvc explain Install > "Note that a trailing slash on destfile means to create the directory > if > necessar

[Foresight-devel] how to install a directory manually

2009-08-21 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, It seems in order to install a dir with r.Install, the source dir can't contain a trailing slash? E.g, Though 'skins' is a dir, "r.Install('skins', '%(datadir)s/libfetion/')" works, but not "r.Install('skins/'..." Thanks, zhang ___ Foresight-devel

[Foresight-devel] Re: group doesn't handle :devel trove well?

2009-08-20 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 07:57 +0200, Martin Bähr wrote: > why is WebKit:devel and WebKit:devellib Erased and Installed instead > of Updated? > > could that be a symptom of the problem? > is there maybe another WebKit:devel still installed? > > do you get different results when you use sync or migra

[Foresight-devel] group doesn't handle :devel trove well?

2009-08-20 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, As you may already know the group problem of gnome dev kit (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592225 ). updateall would give, The following dependencies would not be met after this update: epiphany:devellib=090817+r74be-1-1 (Updated from 090812+r4829-1-1) requires: trove: WebK

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to find out no longer needed buildRequires

2009-08-17 Thread Zhang Sen
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 09:24 -0400, Michael K. Johnson wrote: > I'm sorry, I'm afraid that's orthogonal to what I was trying to ask. > I didn't mean to ask what final goal you wanted to achieve. Of > *course* I'd love Conary to do a perfect job here. The question is > concretely how could it imple

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to find out no longer needed buildRequires

2009-08-16 Thread Zhang Sen
On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 23:38 -0400, Michael K. Johnson wrote: > How would it be more accurate? > It doesn't have to find all excessive buildreqs, but all that it does report should be really excessive. > If you come up with more accurate ways of determining true buildreqs, > please file them as is

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to find out no longer needed buildRequires

2009-08-16 Thread Zhang Sen
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 06:25 +0200, Martin Baehr wrote: > you wrote that extra BuildRequires will lead to unneeded dependencies. > but if libgnome is not in the build script it will not be used, and it > will NOT lead to unneeded dependencies. No, i was wrong, there is no linked dependencies. Just

[Foresight-devel] Re: how to find out no longer needed buildRequires

2009-08-16 Thread Zhang Sen
On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 23:15 +0200, Martin Bähr wrote: > why do you think that is the case? > isn't it just editing the BuildRequires list in both cases? I mean something more automatic. Yes cvc/rmake warn about possibly unneeded buildreqs, but it's not at all accurate. I am just wondering if a bet

[Foresight-devel] how to find out no longer needed buildRequires

2009-08-16 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, With our current utilities, removing obsolete buildreqs is not so easy as adding new ones, afaik. But sometimes removing is needed, e.g. gnome removes libgnome and others (http://live.gnome.org/ProjectRidley ). Having them lurking in the recipe just doesn't do any good, and may bring in unwant

[Foresight-devel] Re: Focus meeting minutes and first stab at official 2.1.2 roadmap up!

2009-08-13 Thread Zhang Sen
On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 02:31 +0200, ermo | Rune Morling wrote: > Please take a look and let's get the first of the 2.1.2 sprints > organized! Do we have a rough plan of when 2.1.2 will be released? Note GNOME 2.28.0 newstable release is on Sep 23. Knowing (even roughly) how much time is ahead woul

[Foresight-devel] Re: install a certain trove from changeset file

2009-08-04 Thread Zhang Sen
On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 19:40 +0800, Zhang Sen wrote: > How can I install a specific trove from a changeset file? OK, this gives me some idea, https://wiki.foresightlinux.org/pages/diffpages.action?pageId=1016099&originalId=8749164 $ sudo conary --config 'excludeTroves []' sync b

[Foresight-devel] Re: foresighting foresight - take II

2009-08-03 Thread Zhang Sen
On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 10:04 +0100, António Meireles wrote: Very agree with this statement, > > who are we, and who we target. ... > IMHO what we need more is more people/developers whose interests goes a > _bit_ above pkg foo or pkg bar, caring and understanding about how the > different subsys

[Foresight-devel] Re: New web site is up and running

2009-07-25 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 16:55 -0400, Og Maciel wrote: > The new web site running atop Word Press is finally published and can > be accessed at www.foresightlinux.org. Not all pages are populated and > the content will need to be massaged. I am counting on everyone to > step up and either file an issu

[Foresight-devel] how to deal with default=auto configure option

2009-07-24 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi list, If a package has a configure option as default=auto, what's the preferred way to deal with it in the recipe? Write --enable-this-feature explicitly or let it be implicit? E.g. I am updating gmime, and it has --enable-mono as auto. I know it would be enabled if proper entries are in build

[Foresight-devel] rmake/cvc fail to recognise configure{.ac}?

2009-07-09 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi list, In the recipe of evolution-data-server, there is: > r.Replace('/var/spool/mail', '%(servicedir)s/spool/mail', > 'configure{.ac}') It should be 'configure{,.ac}' if it's bash grammar. But it never fail until recently, maybe after the update of rmake/conary? rmake build complains, >

[Foresight-devel] install a certain trove from changeset file

2009-07-05 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi there, How can I install a specific trove from a changeset file? I tried this based on my understanding of the manual, but it won't work. $ sudo conary update imsettings:devel --from-file=imsettings-0.106.2.ccs imsettings:devel was not found on path foresight.rpath@fl:2-devel, foresight.rp

[Foresight-devel] Re: Packages in fl:2-devel

2009-07-04 Thread Zhang Sen
On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 13:47 +0200, Alexandre Franke wrote: > Second, the idea I support is that we should have a "package preview" > section where we'd advertise package that are on 2-devel and need > testing, and a "featured package" where we'd have reviews of stable > packages. Some articles coul

[Foresight-devel] use branch with addGitSnapshot

2009-06-21 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, Short question (: with addGitSnapshot, how can I use a branch instead of master? ___ Foresight-devel mailing list Foresight-devel@lists.rpath.org http://lists.rpath.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel

[Foresight-devel] how to delete package from repos?

2009-06-20 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi list, How can I delete a package from a repository? (or push empty-content to it) I want to rename a package and think I should delete the old one and commit the new one. But deleting can also be helpful in other situations. -zhang ___ Foresight-de

[Foresight-devel] Re: require particular version of buildReq

2009-06-19 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 10:37 -0400, Michael K. Johnson wrote: > > The idea is that a different version that is still a maintained part > of the platform (not some old piece of cruft from an old version) has > to be maintained either with a different name (say, "automake17") This looks to be the r

[Foresight-devel] Re: require particular version of buildReq

2009-06-19 Thread Zhang Sen
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 08:45 -0500, Andres Vargas wrote: > what im do, im hack the makefile.am for fix it from 1.7 to 1.0 .. No it won't work with 1.10, or else why would they ask for a particular (old!) version? :) ___ Foresight-devel mailing list Fores

[Foresight-devel] require particular version of buildReq

2009-06-18 Thread Zhang Sen
Hi, I think it's not so rare that a package requires a particular version of it's dependency, instead of the newest version. For example, gtk requires automake1.7 and 1.10 won't work. (i know, i already brought this up for several times :) How should I specify it in this case, since I think cvc/r

[Foresight-devel] Re: Call for testing

2009-05-10 Thread Zhang Sen
ate, the same with my laptop. There are some other localization problems. But overall it's pretty good and I may install foresight for several of my classmates later. (It would be a big plus if our User Guide has a Chinese version :) -Zhang Sen ___ Foresight

[Foresight-devel] Re: Foresight 2 issues

2009-04-11 Thread Zhang Sen
"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice"Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev&qu