Re: [gentoo-amd64] The AMD64 stable-profile team needs your help

2005-07-13 Thread Simon Stelling
Ian Hastie wrote: Isn't ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=amd64 a default part of the profile? So perhaps just not having ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~amd64 in /etc/make.conf is more important. Just trying to help clear things up a bit... *8) Yes, you're right. As long as you're running a generally stable system I'm not

[gentoo-amd64] The AMD64 stable-profile team needs your help

2005-07-12 Thread Simon Stelling
Hi all, Currently, it is nearly impossible to have a pure stable system with Gentoo/AMD64. I think everybody who has ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=amd64 in his make.conf also has a rather large list of packages in /etc/portage/packages.keywords. To adress this issue, we need either a massive improvement in

Re: [gentoo-amd64] The AMD64 stable-profile team needs your help

2005-07-12 Thread Jared Lindsay
I assume by stable you mean that applicants can not be using a system that uses ~amd64 packages, right? (Just want a little clarification) On 7/12/05, Simon Stelling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Currently, it is nearly impossible to have a pure stable system with Gentoo/AMD64. I think

Re: [gentoo-amd64] The AMD64 stable-profile team needs your help

2005-07-12 Thread Simon Stelling
Jared Lindsay wrote: I assume by stable you mean that applicants can not be using a system that uses ~amd64 packages, right? (Just want a little clarification) I'm not sure what you want to say, but with stable system I basically mean a system with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=amd64 and not

Re: [gentoo-amd64] The AMD64 stable-profile team needs your help

2005-07-12 Thread Ian Hastie
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:18:55 +0200 Simon Stelling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jared Lindsay wrote: I assume by stable you mean that applicants can not be using a system that uses ~amd64 packages, right? (Just want a little clarification) I'm not sure what you want to say, but with stable