Re: [gentoo-dev] Thank you

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 00:30:10 -0600 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > Hi. TL;DR, this is basically just a THANK YOU to the Gentoo devs, so > you can go on your daily business if you don't want to read the rest > of it. No biggie. Hi. > I just want to say THANK YOU to all of our Gentoo developers. I'v

[gentoo-dev] Thank you

2014-02-05 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
Hi. TL;DR, this is basically just a THANK YOU to the Gentoo devs, so you can go on your daily business if you don't want to read the rest of it. No biggie. I just want to say THANK YOU to all of our Gentoo developers. I've been using Gentoo since ca. 2002 (damn, that's more than a decade), and I'v

Re: [gentoo-dev] [OT] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 05:21:51 + (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > (OTOH, acknowledging that this is in itself DH2/tone or > DH0/name-calling, tho with a counterargument to a slightly different > point so I guess it's DH4, I'm compelled to observe that repeatedly > asking "Why?" as a o

[gentoo-dev] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Duncan
Tom Wijsman posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2014 03:53:24 +0100 as excerpted: > On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 03:12:54 +0100 Jeroen Roovers wrote: > >> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:07:22 -0600 Steev Klimaszewski >> wrote: >> >>> I'm attempting to have a discussion with a brick wall. >> >> I hit that problem immediately

[gentoo-dev] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Duncan
Steev Klimaszewski posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:55:59 -0600 as excerpted: > There is far more to stabilizing than just closing the bugs. > > I've been working for over 2 months now on the GNOME stabilization on > ARM. There has been a lot involved, including (but not limited to) > rebuilding ke

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Chris Reffett
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/2014 09:50 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:50:07 -0500 Rich Freeman > wrote: > >> So, I realize I'm repeating myself, but the purpose of the >> mailing list isn't to keep reposting the same arguments back and >> forth until ev

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:04:56 -0800 Tyler Pohl wrote: > why cant there be a second repository for all old source, ebuilds, and > patches and the stable and testing repository can be rolling like it > already is. slower archs can then sync the old repository and the > new one. There is one in plac

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tyler Pohl
why cant there be a second repository for all old source, ebuilds, and patches and the stable and testing repository can be rolling like it already is. slower archs can then sync the old repository and the new one. On Feb 5, 2014 5:54 PM, "Tom Wijsman" wrote: > On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:00:41 -0500

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Thu, 6 Feb 2014 03:12:54 +0100 Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:07:22 -0600 > Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > > > Why is this pure and utter bullshit? > > > > Because I'm attempting to have a discussion with a brick wall. > > I hit that problem immediately in another sub-thread

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:50:07 -0500 Rich Freeman wrote: > So, I realize I'm repeating myself, but the purpose of the mailing > list isn't to keep reposting the same arguments back and forth until > everybody agrees. Post your argument once, and once it gets dull by > all means appeal to QA/council

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:07:22 -0600 Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > Why is this pure and utter bullshit? > > Because I'm attempting to have a discussion with a brick wall. I hit that problem immediately in another sub-thread. Are we on to something here? Regards, jer

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:00:41 -0500 "Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" wrote: > > Can this be proven? Why are maintainers like WilliamH upset about > > this? > > > > Reference: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/90063 > > I've already voiced my concern on his bug: > https://bugs.gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote: > On 02/05/2014 07:48 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: >> >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Policies >> > That policy doesn't permit removal of keywords/ebuilds without following > gentoo standard policy, standard policy

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:03:09 + Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:50:57 +0100 > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:26:01 -0600 > > Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > > There is more to it than that. Normally discussions can be good, > > > but when you try to talk to a bric

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/2014 07:48 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:05:08 -0500 > "Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" wrote: > >>> >>> Yes, making the newest versions never available because the old >>> versions sink all your time really stops progress to a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:05:08 -0500 "Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" wrote: > > > > Yes, making the newest versions never available because the old > > versions sink all your time really stops progress to a dead halt. > > > > Your logic isn't flawed here, it's entirely missing. If version Y is > s

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/2014 04:48 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:07:22 -0600 > Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > >> Against my better judgment... >> >> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:55 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote: >>> On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:15:47 -0600 >>> Stee

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:50:57 +0100 Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:26:01 -0600 > Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > There is more to it than that. Normally discussions can be good, > > but when you try to talk to a brick wall, it's absolutely pointless. > > QA team's decisions require mor

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:26:01 -0600 Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > There is more to it than that. Normally discussions can be good, but > when you try to talk to a brick wall, it's absolutely pointless. QA team's decisions require more than a flip of a dime; it takes a little more involvement, as w

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:07:22 -0600 Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > Against my better judgment... > > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:55 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:15:47 -0600 > > Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 02:48 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > > On

Re: [gentoo-dev] [OT] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 21:18:46 +0100 Peter Stuge wrote: > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > Thanks for putting up with it, but it's a huge waste of your time. > > > > Why? > > Because you seem to have a completely different mindset than > everybody else, and not in a good way. :\ That "everybody else" a b

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:55:59 -0600 Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 13:58 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote: > > Can we do something about our growing queue when fixing is > > insufficient? > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/chart.cgi?category=-All-&datefrom=&dateto=&label0=All%20Open&line0

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Peter Stuge
I'm firmly with Steev and Matt in this thread as well as in at least a few others where Tom has participated intensely. Tom Wijsman wrote: > > Thanks for putting up with it, but it's a huge waste of your time. > > Why? Because you seem to have a completely different mindset than everybody else,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Add support for rsync patches

2014-02-05 Thread Tim Harder
On 2014-02-05 00:13, Mike Frysinger wrote: > i don't see any patches in rsync-3.1.0. i'd be hesitant to add support for > them even if they were there ... They're in a different tarball [1], and yes I agree that it would be best to use epatch_user or similar. Tim [1]: http://rsync.samba.org/ft

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Steev Klimaszewski
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 13:58 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote: > Can we do something about our growing queue when fixing is insufficient? > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/chart.cgi?category=-All-&datefrom=&dateto=&label0=All%20Open&line0=320&name=320&subcategory=-All-&action=wrap > > PS: As a bonus, here's a n

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Steev Klimaszewski
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:52 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > > > You know what - this is pure and utter bullshit. Keeping it around for > > "slower" arches does NOT block progress. I have intimate knowledge with > > what ACTUALLY happens

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Steev Klimaszewski
Against my better judgment... On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 05:55 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:15:47 -0600 > Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 02:48 +0100, Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:35:22 -0600 > > > Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > > > > >

[gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs

2014-02-05 Thread Michael Palimaka
These packages are not used by anyone in the KDE herd, and they are not KDE-related, so they are now up for grabs. There are a few bugs open, but nothing major. net-misc/csync net-misc/mirall

[gentoo-dev] February 2014 KDE team meeting

2014-02-05 Thread Chris Reffett
Hello all, The next KDE team meeting will take place on Feb 20 at 1900 UTC in #gentoo-meetings. Our agenda (yet to be filled in) can be found at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:KDE/Meeting/2014-02. All are welcome to attend. Chris Reffett signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signatur

[gentoo-dev] Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Duncan
Tom Wijsman posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:58:22 +0100 as excerpted: > Can we do something about our growing queue when fixing is insufficient? > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/chart.cgi?category=-All-&datefrom=&dateto=&label0=All%20Open&line0=320&name=320&subcategory=-All-&action=wrap > > PS: As a bo

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 12:58:59 +0100 Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:41:58 +0400 > Sergey Popov wrote: > > > Cause it seems that not everybody agrees with policy that we are > > trying to make. > > Because it's impossible to create a simple policy to solve complex > problems. Why

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:41:58 +0400 Sergey Popov wrote: > Maybe we should change our sentence about dropping last stable > keywords for slow arches ONLY if version, still marked stable for > them is seriously broken? What does "seriously broken" mean? Maintainers will see that different; besides

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:41:58 +0400 Sergey Popov wrote: > Cause it seems that not everybody agrees with policy that we are > trying to make. Because it's impossible to create a simple policy to solve complex problems. It's a waste of time and it's going to break more than you set out to fix. Use

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Sergey Popov
05.02.2014 09:41, Tom Wijsman пишет: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:28:28 -0800 > Matt Turner wrote: > >> I've drafted and thrown away so many replies to Tom in this thread. > > What do you want to tell us about this thread? > >> Thanks for putting up with it, but it's a huge waste of your time. > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: dropping redundant stable keywords

2014-02-05 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Steev Klimaszewski wrote: > > You know what - this is pure and utter bullshit. Keeping it around for > "slower" arches does NOT block progress. I have intimate knowledge with > what ACTUALLY happens when people pull this bullshit - and that is a > system that I c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Add support for rsync patches

2014-02-05 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, February 04, 2014 22:25:00 Jauhien Piatlicki wrote: > 04.02.14 20:53, Donnie Berkholz написав(ла): > > On 12:48 Tue 28 Jan , Michał Górny wrote: > >> Dnia 2014-01-28, o godz. 11:59:33 Jauhien Piatlicki napisał(a): > >>> net-misc/rsync upstream provides a tarball with additional patc