[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: media-video/gephex

2009-02-15 Thread Ryan Hill
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:17:04 + (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Peter Alfredsen posted > 20090215212907.00a73...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Sun, 15 Feb > 2009 21:29:07 +0100: > > > +# Peter Alfredsen (15 Feb 2009) > > +# Masking for removal in 30 days. > > +# Fails to bui

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: media-video/gephex

2009-02-15 Thread Rémi Cardona
Le 16/02/2009 07:17, Duncan a écrit : That said, I don't have any particular interest in it, so I don't have a problem with it disappearing. I just found the ONLY reason given an uncommon enough reason for removal on its own that it warranted comment, is all. Hence the 30-day period when remo

[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: media-video/gephex

2009-02-15 Thread Duncan
Peter Alfredsen posted 20090215212907.00a73...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:29:07 +0100: > +# Peter Alfredsen (15 Feb 2009) > +# Masking for removal in 30 days. > +# Fails to build with gcc-4.3, bug 250712 > +media-video/gephex > + Shouldn't there be a bit more to it th

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:48:44 -0800 Zac Medico wrote: > > It only comes into its own if you expect there to be a long time > > between an EAPI being used in the tree and an EAPI being supported > > by a package manager. And even then, it's probably easier to just > > do a minor stable release strai

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Zac Medico wrote: > Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:56:18 -0800 >> It only comes into its own if you expect there to be a long time >> between an EAPI being used in the tree and an EAPI being supported by a >> package manager. And even

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:56:18 -0800 > Zac Medico wrote: >> If the package manager is not able to validate a cache entry that >> has been generated for an unsupported EAPI, then it will be forced >> to regenerate the metadata in

[gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2009-02-15 23h59 UTC

2009-02-15 Thread Robin H. Johnson
The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2009-02-15 23h59 UTC. Removals: xfce-extra/verve2009-02-09 19:55:39 angelos sys-kernel/rsbac-sources2009-02-11 23:24:31 gengor sys-apps/rsbac-admin2

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:56:18 -0800 Zac Medico wrote: > If the package manager is not able to validate a cache entry that > has been generated for an unsupported EAPI, then it will be forced > to regenerate the metadata in order to check whether or not the EAPI > has changed (example given 2 emails

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:26:44 -0800 > Zac Medico wrote: Regardless of what the EAPI value happens to be, the package manager should be able to trust that the version identifier is a reliable indicator of the mech

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:26:44 -0800 Zac Medico wrote: > >> Regardless of what the EAPI value happens to be, the package > >> manager should be able to trust that the version identifier is a > >> reliable indicator of the mechanism which should be used to > >> validate the integrity of the cache ent

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:51:10 -0800 > Zac Medico wrote: >> Regardless of what the EAPI value happens to be, the package manager >> should be able to trust that the version identifier is a reliable >> indicator of the mechanism

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:51:10 -0800 Zac Medico wrote: > Regardless of what the EAPI value happens to be, the package manager > should be able to trust that the version identifier is a reliable > indicator of the mechanism which should be used to validate the > integrity of the cache entry. Validat

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] DIGESTS metadata variable for cache validation

2009-02-15 Thread Zac Medico
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Zac Medico wrote: > Tiziano Müller wrote: >> I'd recommend to prefix the digest with a "{TYPE}" (like for hashed >> passwords) to be able to change the digest algorithm as needed >> (especially in regards to the current SHA successor competition). >> T

[gentoo-dev] Last rites: media-video/gephex

2009-02-15 Thread Peter Alfredsen
+# Peter Alfredsen (15 Feb 2009) +# Masking for removal in 30 days. +# Fails to build with gcc-4.3, bug 250712 +media-video/gephex +

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Live source based ebuild proposals

2009-02-15 Thread Luca Barbato
Second step, shortcomings. Luca Barbato wrote: main problem: - have the possibility to track upstream w/out having to take a manual snapshot of their sources, but having portage automatically fetch them from their tree. This issue isn't and shouldn't something that touches directly our norm

[gentoo-dev] Re: Live source based ebuild proposals

2009-02-15 Thread Duncan
Luca Barbato posted 4996d819.8080...@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:41:29 +0100: > Let try to clarify: [picking this one to reply to, out of the two] Thanks. That is much easier to follow. =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program h