[gentoo-dev] C++ TR1 virtuals

2013-03-03 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Hi all. Since I'm running the tinderbox for Boost 1.52 on stable, and I was looking into adding sub-slot support to my own packages, I noticed that the three C++ TR1 virtuals are almost completely unused. The only user is wvstreams, and only for one of them (functional). I'm talking about: virtu

Re: [gentoo-dev] maintainer-wanted: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers

2013-03-03 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/03/2013 04:39 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote: > One of the reasons people volunteer in open source projects is to > scratch their personal itch. When that itch develops into a festering, > gangrenous limb it becomes time to amputate it. That is what I

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/03/2013 12:24 PM, Ryan Hill wrote: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:42:56 +0100 hasufell > wrote: > >> What do we have useflags for in gentoo? > > Not for conditional patching, that's for sure. > >> add a "unsupported-kernels" useflag, mask it, add a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Peter Stuge
Markos Chandras wrote: > >> "getting stuff done" is not an answer. > > > > it made something easier for him > > I asked why he did it, and you keep telling me because he had to. I'm guessing that it didn't have much to do with Gentoo. Maybe he'll fill in. > I am reviewing commits from time to t

[gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2013-03-03 23h59 UTC

2013-03-03 Thread Robin H. Johnson
The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2013-03-03 23h59 UTC. Removals: net-libs/libutp 2013-02-28 10:31:02 ssuominen dev-perl/Net-Server 2013-03-02 04:10:48 zx2c4 dev-util/qt-crea

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/03/13 09:11, Alec Warner wrote: [...] My understanding of the summary is that the nvidia-driver Gentoo team only supports kernels that nvidia themselves (upstream) support. The Kernels > 3.4 are not supported by upstream, so they are also not supported in Gentoo. [...] There is a fear as we

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Ryan Hill
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:05:28 +0100 hasufell wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/03/2013 06:24 PM, Ryan Hill wrote: > > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:42:56 +0100 hasufell > > wrote: > > > >> What do we have useflags for in gentoo? > > > > Not for conditional patching, t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 18:18:12 +0100 Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 17:58:26 +0100 > Michał Górny wrote: > > > What do we need that wrapper for? What does the wrapper do? Does it > > just rely on custom 'ABI' variable? > > yes -- it must perform some checks though. What kind of check

Re: [gentoo-dev] maintainer-wanted: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers

2013-03-03 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote: > One of the reasons people volunteer in open source projects is to > scratch their personal itch. When that itch develops into a festering, > gangrenous limb it becomes time to amputate it. That is what I am > doing with my involvement in x11-

Re: [gentoo-dev] maintainer-wanted: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers

2013-03-03 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Sonntag, 3. März 2013, 15:39:16 schrieb Doug Goldstein: > One of the reasons people volunteer in open source projects is to > scratch their personal itch. When that itch develops into a festering, > gangrenous limb it becomes time to amputate it. That is what I am > doing with my involvement in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread hasufell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/03/2013 06:24 PM, Ryan Hill wrote: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:42:56 +0100 hasufell > wrote: > >> What do we have useflags for in gentoo? > > Not for conditional patching, that's for sure. > That simply diverges from reality. # qgrep epatch |

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-proxy herd is empty

2013-03-03 Thread Pacho Ramos
El dom, 03-03-2013 a las 22:42 +0100, Tom Wijsman escribió: > On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:00:19 +0200 > Pavlos Ratis wrote: > > > I am interested in joining the herd. Now we can be 2 members. :) > > Added us both to the net-proxy herd and mail alias. > > > With kind regards, > > Tom Wijsman (TomWij

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-proxy herd is empty

2013-03-03 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:00:19 +0200 Pavlos Ratis wrote: > I am interested in joining the herd. Now we can be 2 members. :) Added us both to the net-proxy herd and mail alias. With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Thomas Sachau
Alexis Ballier schrieb: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:27:50 +0100 > Thomas Sachau wrote: > >> Alexis Ballier schrieb: >>> On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:47:43 +0100 >>> Thomas Sachau wrote: >>> Alexis Ballier schrieb: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 > Thomas Sachau wrote: >> >> Onc

[gentoo-dev] maintainer-wanted: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers

2013-03-03 Thread Doug Goldstein
One of the reasons people volunteer in open source projects is to scratch their personal itch. When that itch develops into a festering, gangrenous limb it becomes time to amputate it. That is what I am doing with my involvement in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers. As a result someone will need to work w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
Ryan Hill schrieb: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:42:56 +0100 > hasufell wrote: > >> What do we have useflags for in gentoo? > > Not for conditional patching, that's for sure. USE="vanilla" already controls conditional patching for around two dozen packages. >> add a "unsupported-kernels" useflag, mas

[gentoo-dev] proxy-maintainers herd as a backup herd for all the user-maintained packages

2013-03-03 Thread Markos Chandras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, A number of packages in the tree are maintained by a Gentoo developer and a user. As a result of which, we are unable to monitor these packages in bugzilla. This is useful in case one of the maintainers goes MIA so we can find an alternative mai

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-proxy herd is empty

2013-03-03 Thread Pavlos Ratis
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:00:57 +0100 > Pacho Ramos wrote: > >> As wschlich no longer has enough time for that packages, this herd is >> now empty. If you want to help, please join the herd. If nobody >> joins, I will proceed with dropping it and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Carlos Silva
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Ryan Hill wrote: > On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 23:11:44 -0800 > Alec Warner wrote: > > > I do not find their stance wholly unreasonable. They offered to point > > users at an overlay, if someone was willing to maintain the patches > > there (in lieu of user_patches.) The e

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Ryan Hill
On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 23:11:44 -0800 Alec Warner wrote: > I do not find their stance wholly unreasonable. They offered to point > users at an overlay, if someone was willing to maintain the patches > there (in lieu of user_patches.) The end result is that if users apply > the patches, they will get

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 17:58:26 +0100 Michał Górny wrote: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:27:50 +0100 > Thomas Sachau wrote: > > > Alexis Ballier schrieb: > > > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:47:43 +0100 > > > Thomas Sachau wrote: > > > > > >> Alexis Ballier schrieb: > > >>> On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 >

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Ryan Hill
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:42:56 +0100 hasufell wrote: > What do we have useflags for in gentoo? Not for conditional patching, that's for sure. > add a "unsupported-kernels" useflag, mask it, add a clear statement in > the masking reason and be done If the description of the flag you're adding cou

Re: [gentoo-dev] Some packages up for grabs

2013-03-03 Thread Wolfram Schlich
Hey again! Some of the packages I offered for grabs have been taken a while ago, thanks everyone. Here are the remaining ones: * Wolfram Schlich [2012-12-01 11:02]: > [...] > Feel free to take care of the following packages that I used to > maintain a while ago but don't anymore due to change of

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:27:50 +0100 Thomas Sachau wrote: > Alexis Ballier schrieb: > > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:47:43 +0100 > > Thomas Sachau wrote: > > > >> Alexis Ballier schrieb: > >>> On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 > >>> Thomas Sachau wrote: > > Once the eclass has per-ABI heade

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:27:50 +0100 Thomas Sachau wrote: > Alexis Ballier schrieb: > > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:47:43 +0100 > > Thomas Sachau wrote: > > > >> Alexis Ballier schrieb: > >>> On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 > >>> Thomas Sachau wrote: > > Once the eclass has per-ABI heade

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Thomas Sachau
Alexis Ballier schrieb: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:47:43 +0100 > Thomas Sachau wrote: > >> Alexis Ballier schrieb: >>> On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 >>> Thomas Sachau wrote: Once the eclass has per-ABI header >>> >>> I think this is needed. >>> and binaries support, >>> >>> but

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Alec Warner
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Carlos Silva wrote: > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 1:42 PM, hasufell wrote: >> >> What do we have useflags for in gentoo? >> >> add a "unsupported-kernels" useflag, mask it, add a clear statement in >> the masking reason and be done > > > Not a bad solution, still, I, as

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-proxy herd is empty

2013-03-03 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:00:57 +0100 Pacho Ramos wrote: > As wschlich no longer has enough time for that packages, this herd is > now empty. If you want to help, please join the herd. If nobody > joins, I will proceed with dropping it and moving its packages > maintainer-needed letting everybody wa

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:47:43 +0100 Thomas Sachau wrote: > Alexis Ballier schrieb: > > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 > > Thomas Sachau wrote: > >> > >> Once the eclass has per-ABI header > > > > I think this is needed. > > > >> and binaries support, > > > > but here, could you enlighten m

[gentoo-dev] net-proxy herd is empty

2013-03-03 Thread Pacho Ramos
As wschlich no longer has enough time for that packages, this herd is now empty. If you want to help, please join the herd. If nobody joins, I will proceed with dropping it and moving its packages maintainer-needed letting everybody want the packages they prefer. Thanks signature.asc Description

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
Alexis Ballier schrieb: >> and binaries support, > but here, could you enlighten me on its use cases ? I can't imagine > why having multi binaries support would be useful. One example is glxinfo from the mesa-progs package, it will display the information for the ABI it is compiled with. So if you

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Carlos Silva
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 1:42 PM, hasufell wrote: > What do we have useflags for in gentoo? > > add a "unsupported-kernels" useflag, mask it, add a clear statement in > the masking reason and be done > Not a bad solution, still, I, as a user, don't think making the compilation work with a specific

[gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs

2013-03-03 Thread Pacho Ramos
After talking with serkan the following packages are now up for grabs: x11-libs/gtkhotkey gnome-extra/file-browser-applet app-mobilephone/ganyremote signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Thomas Sachau
Alexis Ballier schrieb: > On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 > Thomas Sachau wrote: >> >> Once the eclass has per-ABI header > > I think this is needed. > >> and binaries support, > > but here, could you enlighten me on its use cases ? I can't imagine > why having multi binaries support would b

[gentoo-dev] net-misc/omniORB up for grabs

2013-03-03 Thread Pacho Ramos
After talking with Caster. Feel free to get it Thanks signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Markos Chandras
On 3 March 2013 12:38, Peter Stuge wrote: > Markos Chandras wrote: >> > I explain to you what happened >> >> "getting stuff done" is not an answer. I still don't understand why >> stable keywords had to be added directly. Do you understand why Mike >> did that or just playing smart here? > > To me

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:02:58 +0100 Thomas Sachau wrote: > > Once the eclass has per-ABI header I think this is needed. > and binaries support, but here, could you enlighten me on its use cases ? I can't imagine why having multi binaries support would be useful. Alexis.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread hasufell
On 03/03/2013 08:11 AM, Alec Warner wrote: > > There was a big ole' chat on #gentoo-dev regarding this. My > understanding of the summary is that the nvidia-driver Gentoo team > only supports kernels that nvidia themselves (upstream) support. The > Kernels > 3.4 are not supported by upstream, so t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: > > To me it's obvious that he did it because it made something easier > for him. By breaking the Gentoo rule he got something done. Rules exist for a reason. If we're bending them because we're accomplishing the goal of the rules in a better wa

[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Thomas Sachau
Michał Górny schrieb: > Hello, > > With the introduction of support for x32 ABI it has become necessary to > enhance the multilib-build eclass with some kind of support for > specifying the supported/unsupported ABIs. > > In this particular context, tetromino has noted that many packages > don't

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Peter Stuge
Markos Chandras wrote: > > I explain to you what happened > > "getting stuff done" is not an answer. I still don't understand why > stable keywords had to be added directly. Do you understand why Mike > did that or just playing smart here? To me it's obvious that he did it because it made somethi

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Michał Górny
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 12:41:07 +0100 Alexis Ballier wrote: > I'd prefer the useflag names for the sake of unicity, but I'm not sure > I understand why and how multilib-portage needs it. Well, I mostly thought that if we were to introduce that information, multilib-portage could use it as well rathe

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Markos Chandras
On 3 March 2013 12:01, Peter Stuge wrote: > Markos Chandras wrote: >> > > it just feels strange >> > >> > I hear they call it "getting stuff done".. >> >> good thing you are not a dev then. >> Thanks for the heads up in case you ever want to become one > > I explain to you what happened "getting

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Peter Stuge
Markos Chandras wrote: > > > it just feels strange > > > > I hear they call it "getting stuff done".. > > good thing you are not a dev then. > Thanks for the heads up in case you ever want to become one I explain to you what happened and you, a recruiter, proceed to threaten me in case I want to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Tomáš Chvátal
If I remember correctly the damn rule is to put it for 30 days into testing, and as you said there was no previous version on arm so users could've reported some issues, i agree that sometimes you have to ignore the rules to really fix stable, but was this such case for sure? Dne 3.3.2013 3:43 "Mik

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] multilib-build.eclass and restricting unsupported ABIs

2013-03-03 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 00:02:30 +0100 Michał Górny wrote: > Hello, > > With the introduction of support for x32 ABI it has become necessary > to enhance the multilib-build eclass with some kind of support for > specifying the supported/unsupported ABIs. > > In this particular context, tetromino has

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-libs/confuse: confuse-2.7.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Markos Chandras
On Mar 3, 2013 2:42 AM, "Peter Stuge" wrote: > > Markos Chandras wrote: > > it just feels strange > > I hear they call it "getting stuff done".. > > > //Peter > good thing you are not a dev then. Thanks for the heads up in case you ever want to become one

Re: [gentoo-dev] The Gentoo Qt Project wants your help!

2013-03-03 Thread Ben de Groot
On 2 March 2013 20:33, Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 02/03/13 08:54, Ben de Groot wrote: >> >> The Gentoo Qt Project wants your help! >> sci-calculators/qalculator > > > This project died after the first betas. I propose treecleaning it. We have > plenty of more maintained calculators in tree. > If

Re: [gentoo-dev] The Gentoo Qt Project wants your help!

2013-03-03 Thread Ben de Groot
On 2 March 2013 20:26, Jauhien Piatlicki wrote: > 02.03.13 07:54, Ben de Groot написав(ла): > >> app-admin/keepassx >> app-text/goldendict > > If these two packages need a maintainer, I could proxy-maintain them. > I'm not a developer, but I have some experience with ebuild writing. Yes. They are

Re: [gentoo-dev] The Gentoo Qt Project wants your help!

2013-03-03 Thread Ben de Groot
On 2 March 2013 15:57, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > On 02/03/2013 07:54, Ben de Groot wrote: >> 1. Get Qt5 ready for inclusion in the tree. This includes writing and >> improving ebuilds and eclasses, testing to build those, filing bug reports >> on failure, finding fixes for those bugs, reporting

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog

2013-03-03 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Sat, 2 Mar 2013 23:11:44 -0800 Alec Warner wrote: > My understanding of the summary is that the nvidia-driver Gentoo team > only supports kernels that nvidia themselves (upstream) support. The > Kernels > 3.4 are not supported by upstream, so they are also not > supported in Gentoo. There is