[gentoo-dev] TeX maintainer needed

2007-03-12 Thread Christian Faulhammer
Hi all, as nattfodd and ehmsen won't be working on TeX for Gentoo anymore, we need one or more new maintainer/s. Primary goal is to bring a working ebuild of TeXLive 2007 into Portage, as the current used and working one (teTeX) is dead upstream. There is an effort of a user [1] which could be

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: OK, but it appears that PMS is not hosted on Gentoo infrastructure, and its development is not controlled by Gentoo. Therefore it is not a Gentoo project, and therefore the Council, QA, etc. should not be treating it if it is a Gentoo project. It's controlled by me,

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: Chris Gianelloni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The EAPI=0 document was supposed to be a QA project. What it is now, I have no idea. A QA subproject which has not yet released a public draft. And it doesn't concern you that after x months, Chris had no idea what it was?

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 01:58:30 -0800 (PST) Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you are saying you cannot see Daniel's point of view at all? That Gentoo should perhaps have input on a specification whose goal is to essentially define what a Gentoo Package Manager

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Why this nonsense has to continue (Was: Some council topics for March meeting)

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: Thing I don't understand is why spb took it on when he knew he was going to be out of commission with his Uni. I'm not out of commission. PMS is simply not at the top of my list of priorities at the moment. Um I'm guessing that since you're at Uni, you knew you'd be

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: To co-lead a Gentoo project? You need to be a dev to do that. I couldn't join any projects even as a member until I became a dev, and I created the distro. You are effectively co-leading (likely leading) PMS as a non-dev - worse than that, as someone who has been

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Daniel Robbins wrote: On 3/4/07, Ciaran McCreesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you've managed to launch groundless attacks against me, a whole bunch of other Gentoo developers, the Council, the Foundation and devrel. Well, I think it's a good thing to question whether the Council, the

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Paludis is not a Gentoo project. There is no disagreement there. This discussion is about PMS, not Paludis. Yes dear. snip some crap about the glory days Also note that the traditional open up discussions and source to everyone straight away alternative to eselect

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Why this nonsense has to continue (Was: Some council topics for March meeting)

2007-03-12 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:53:10 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um I'm guessing that since you're at Uni, you knew you'd be in this situation at this stage of your course. I wonder at how someone clearly so gifted could have overlooked that matter when undertaking such a vital project.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Grant Goodyear
Steve Long wrote: [Mon Mar 12 2007, 12:51:17PM CDT] Stephen Bennett wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 01:58:30 -0800 (PST) Alec Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if we didn't give a d*mn about such a distinction? IOW if you were discussing this technically, instead of /politically/ *shock

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:00:09 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes so in a /technical/ sense he's the lead. You defer to his greater knowledge. Or are you more political than technical? Nowhere did I say anything of the sort. Stop jumping to conclusions based on incorrect assumptions

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Why this nonsense has to continue (Was: Some council topics for March meeting)

2007-03-12 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:53:10 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Bennett wrote: Thing I don't understand is why spb took it on when he knew he was going to be out of commission with his Uni. I'm not out of commission. PMS is simply not at the top of my list of priorities

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:46:41 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except it's one that needs Paludis ready before it can be considered complete. /me thinks are they really that clever? /me remembers ciaranm's incredibly smart posts from ~2 years ago when he couldn't stand being treated

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:46:41 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Bennett wrote: Chris Gianelloni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The EAPI=0 document was supposed to be a QA project. What it is now, I have no idea. A QA subproject which has not yet released a public draft.

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: My own rules for netiquette are very simple: Always be parliamentary; never be personal; have a point to make; know when to stop. 'Parliamentary' means 'follow the rules for MPs in Ottawa or Westminster'. If you think that anything anyone's said in here isn't

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Ciaran McCreesh wrote: Erm, to be precise here, noone has removed any ciaranm's attributions from devmanual, they've all been moved to the end of the document originally, so that people wouldn't be forced to scroll across one page worth of contributors to get to the actual content of

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Seemant Kulleen wrote: Grow up. SKulleen+=10 :P -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:57:09 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if you think the way you have carried on is anything approaching decent, you clearly haven't read the guidelines... Can we stop now please? Based on a cursory view of my gentoo-dev folder, we had stopped for a good

Re: [gentoo-dev] TeX maintainer needed

2007-03-12 Thread Josh Saddler
Christian Faulhammer wrote: [TeX stuff] Along with this, if anyone wants to take a look at bug 118405[1], the GDP could really use the help, especially since it was nattfodd who first requested a TeX document in the first place. It's been sitting there for a long time now, so unless someone

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: Yes so in a /technical/ sense he's the lead. You defer to his greater knowledge. Or are you more political than technical? Nowhere did I say anything of the sort. Stop jumping to conclusions based on incorrect assumptions and incomplete information. ..or indeed your

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: Based on a cursory view of my gentoo-dev folder, we had stopped for a good five days until earlier today. Guess what sunshine? It's not just about you: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070312#future -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Charlie Shepherd
On 12/03/07, Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Please. This thread is *over*. No-one wants to play anymore. -- -Charlie -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:35:03 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guess what sunshine? It's not just about you: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070312#future The only possible conclusion I can see to draw from this post is that because distrowatch posts an uninformed article

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Steve Long
Stephen Bennett wrote: Oh, and bashing ciaranm doesn't make you cool. Yeah and nor does sucking him off. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread expose
Stephen Bennett wrote: On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:57:09 + Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if you think the way you have carried on is anything approaching decent, you clearly haven't read the guidelines... Can we stop now please? Based on a cursory view of my gentoo-dev folder,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 12 March 2007, Steve Long wrote: Stephen Bennett wrote: Oh, and bashing ciaranm doesn't make you cool. Yeah and nor does sucking him off. seriously, stop it if you want to flame, take it off list -mike pgpYpYmwZEx9P.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread expose
Stephen Bennett wrote: The only possible conclusion I can see to draw from this post is that because distrowatch posts an uninformed article about how Gentoo is dying, you need to drag up a dead thread for no apparent reason. Please enlighten me if there's something I missed. You seem to have

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 12/03/07, Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Bennett wrote: Oh, and bashing ciaranm doesn't make you cool. Yeah and nor does sucking him off. I wonder if the manglement at eclipse.co.uk would be pleased about the impression of your company you're given when you post things like

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Damian Florczyk
Charlie Shepherd napisał(a): On 12/03/07, Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Please. This thread is *over*. No-one wants to play anymore. Yeah, let's back to work guys. -- Damian Florczyk Gentoo/NetBSD Development Lead -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:53:35 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides, the article isnt that uninformed. Contrary, it quite clearly represents how users currently percieve the situation. (Again, this is subjective. FFtF, Feel Free to Flame) If users feel that way, it's because they're reading

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Jan Kundrát
Steve Long wrote: Oh no of course not. Paludis is in fact being led in the most appropriate political fashion, rather than the best technical approach for the job. Dear Steve, this is a formal request from an ordinary Gentoo developer who has already emailed you privately several times asking

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: How others handle bad behaviour on mailinglists

2007-03-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 12/03/07, Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this thread is dead, If only... -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On 2007/03/12, Steve Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you really that dense? http://tdegreni.free.fr/slong.png Seriously, no need to even read this emails to guess who is being dense today. -- TGL. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

[gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Mike Frysinger
please dont use the `which` program in your ebuilds ... this thing isnt even close to having standard behavior out there plus people can unmerge it :) instead, since we require bash for our ebuilds, use the builtin `type -p` ... here's some easy examples: -if which foo 2/dev/null ; then +if

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Monday 12 March 2007, Mike Frysinger wrote: instead, since we require bash for our ebuilds, use the builtin `type -p` err i botched that ;) `type -p` is almost a complete drop in replacement for which ... it does not work on bash builtins however, so people should use `type -P` to force the

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Thomas de Grenier de Latour
On 2007/03/12, Ned Ludd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matches `which ... And matches $(which ... Also there are some occurences in eclasses: ./eclass/enlightenment.eclass: cp $(which gettextize) ${T}/ || die could not copy gettextize ./eclass/fortran.eclass: elif [ -x $(which ifc 2

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Danny van Dyk
Am Dienstag, 13. März 2007 00:36 schrieb Ned Ludd: instead, since we require bash for our ebuilds, use the builtin `type -p` err i botched that ;) `type -p` is almost a complete drop in replacement for which ... it does not work on bash builtins however, so people should use `type

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Danny van Dyk
Am Dienstag, 13. März 2007 01:14 schrieb Thomas de Grenier de Latour: On 2007/03/12, Ned Ludd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matches `which ... And matches $(which ... Also there are some occurences in eclasses: ./eclass/fortran.eclass: elif [ -x $(which ifc 2 /dev/null) ]; then

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Mike Kelly
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:14:54 +0100 Thomas de Grenier de Latour [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also there are some occurences in eclasses: ./eclass/vim-doc.eclass: vim=$(which vim 2/dev/null) ./eclass/vim-doc.eclass: [[ -z $vim ]] vim=$(which gvim 2/dev/null) ./eclass/vim-doc.eclass:

[gentoo-dev] Java Team March Meeting Highlights

2007-03-12 Thread William L. Thomson Jr.
The Gentoo Java Team held their March meeting this past weekend. At which time a new team lead was elected. Petteri Räty ( betelgeuse ) was unanimously elected as the new Java Team Lead, taking the place of Joshua Nichols ( nichoj ). Josh has done an excellent job over the past year or so.

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 16:36 -0700, Ned Ludd wrote: games-emulation/advancemame/advancemame-0.104.0.ebuild:35: games-emulation/advancemame/advancemame-0.104.0.ebuild:37: games-emulation/advancemame/advancemame-0.104.0.ebuild:39: games-emulation/advancemame/advancemame-0.106.0.ebuild:40:

[gentoo-dev] Re: Some council topics for March meeting

2007-03-12 Thread Duncan
Mike Frysinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:54:49 -0400: On Monday 12 March 2007, Steve Long wrote: Stephen Bennett wrote: Oh, and bashing ciaranm doesn't make you cool. Yeah and nor does sucking him off. seriously, stop it if

[gentoo-dev] Introducing the Proctors - Draft Code of Conduct for Gentoo

2007-03-12 Thread Christel Dahlskjaer
Hiya all, As some of you are already aware, I was at the last Council meeting given a Task. This Task was to draft a proposed Code of Conduct for Gentoo, and a scheme for enforcing it. The current version of this proposal can be found at http://dev.gentoo.org/~christel/coc.xml comments and

[gentoo-dev] A request for your input.

2007-03-12 Thread lmth
Hello My name is Lara Thynne and I am a PhD candidate at Deakin University Australia. I am currently researching the boundary between work and leisure activities directly related to the open source community and open source program development. As part of this I am running a survey at the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing the Proctors - Draft Code of Conduct for Gentoo

2007-03-12 Thread Mike Bonar
Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: Hiya all, As some of you are already aware, I was at the last Council meeting given a Task. This Task was to draft a proposed Code of Conduct for Gentoo, and a scheme for enforcing it. The current version of this proposal can be found at

Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing the Proctors - Draft Code of Conduct for Gentoo

2007-03-12 Thread Mike Doty
Mike Bonar wrote: Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: Hiya all, As some of you are already aware, I was at the last Council meeting given a Task. This Task was to draft a proposed Code of Conduct for Gentoo, and a scheme for enforcing it. The current version of this proposal can be found at

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Yuri Vasilevski
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:36:03 -0700 Ned Ludd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And matches $(which x11-misc/xoo/xoo-0.7.ebuild:25: Fixed. Best wishes, Yuri. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing the Proctors - Draft Code of Conduct for Gentoo

2007-03-12 Thread Alec Warner
Christel Dahlskjaer wrote: Hiya all, As some of you are already aware, I was at the last Council meeting given a Task. This Task was to draft a proposed Code of Conduct for Gentoo, and a scheme for enforcing it. The current version of this proposal can be found at

Re: [gentoo-dev] dont use `which` in ebuilds

2007-03-12 Thread Andrew Ross
Ned Ludd wrote: On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 19:15 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: On Monday 12 March 2007, Mike Frysinger wrote: instead, since we require bash for our ebuilds, use the builtin `type -p` `type -p` is almost a complete drop in replacement for which ... it does not work on bash