[gentoo-dev] RFC: ACCEPT_LICENSE and deprecation of check_license

2010-02-20 Thread Zac Medico
Hi, Since portage-2.1.7.x is stable now, with ACCEPT_LICENSE support, we can think about deprecating check_license [1]. This will allow us to avoid using PROPERTIES=interactive in cases when it is due to check_license alone, since anything with a license in the @EULA license group is

Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: MySQL 5.1 bump

2010-02-20 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 09:21:36PM +, Robin H. Johnson wrote: This is my last blocker for getting MySQL 5.1 series into ~arch status. The MySQL 5.1 news item with all updates is now commited, and 5.1.x have been unblocked in package.mask. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer,

[gentoo-dev] The importance of test suites

2010-02-20 Thread Ryan Hill
(this isn't directed at any one person or group or any recent incident, this has been bugging me for years) I have one simple request. When you make a non-trivial change to an ebuild - a patch, a version bump, anything that can effect the behaviour of the package - please run the test suite. If