Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-17 Thread hasufell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/16/2013 11:57 AM, Thomas Sachau wrote: Pacho Ramos schrieb: El vie, 15-11-2013 a las 23:39 +0100, Michał Górny escribió: Dnia 2013-11-15, o godz. 14:53:00 Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org napisał(a): As I see it now, with respect to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-17 Thread Tom Wijsman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:09:10 +0100 hasufell hasuf...@gentoo.org wrote: multilib eclasses as a whole were a big failure, both for users (enough examples given here) You mean those failures where they mix branches and thus cause blockers between the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-17 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:57:23 +0100 Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: 2: multilib-portage I think this has been discussed multiple times, if I don't misremember, PMS team is not willing to accept it until the specification is done... and we are waiting for that for years probably

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-16 Thread Pacho Ramos
El vie, 15-11-2013 a las 23:39 +0100, Michał Górny escribió: Dnia 2013-11-15, o godz. 14:53:00 Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org napisał(a): As I see it now, with respect to multilib, we have three competing solutions, but not a clear direction which way we want to go as a distro: 1:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-16 Thread Thomas Sachau
Pacho Ramos schrieb: El vie, 15-11-2013 a las 23:39 +0100, Michał Górny escribió: Dnia 2013-11-15, o godz. 14:53:00 Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org napisał(a): As I see it now, with respect to multilib, we have three competing solutions, but not a clear direction which way we want to go as a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 11/15/2013 03:13 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013, Ben de Groot wrote: As I see it now, with respect to multilib, we have three competing solutions, but not a clear direction which way we want to go as a distro: 1: emul-* packages 2: multilib-portage 3: multilib.eclass

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote: I don't really want to bring up this episode again, but it is a telling example, which you asked for. I appreciate that. I did ask for an example. I'll also limit my comments just to things that I think are more helpful

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/11/13 02:13 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013, Ben de Groot wrote: As I see it now, with respect to multilib, we have three competing solutions, but not a clear direction which way we want to go as a distro: 1: emul-*

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Peter Stuge
Matt Turner wrote: I think in large part recently it's because of use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask. These really are a nightmare for users. .. I think most of the confusion is caused by the necessity to put a *stable* package atom into package.keywords to unmask a *USE* flag. A lot

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/11/13 10:54 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: Matt Turner wrote: I think in large part recently it's because of use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask. These really are a nightmare for users. .. I think most of the confusion is caused by the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:56:32 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: Attempting to merge =x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1 results in: x11-proto/kbproto:0 (x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:56:32 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: Attempting to merge =x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1 results in: x11-proto/kbproto:0 (x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/11/13 02:24 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:56:32 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: Attempting to merge =x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1 results in: x11-proto/kbproto:0 (x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1::gentoo, ebuild

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Matt Turner
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:56:32 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: Attempting to merge =x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1 results in: x11-proto/kbproto:0 (x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.6-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:56:32 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: There's a single problem. It can't enable abi_x86_32. Why didn't it just say that? As per the full output, it does: !!! Enabling --newuse and --update might solve this conflict. !!! If not, it might help emerge to give

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Peter Stuge
Tom Wijsman wrote: !!! Enabling --newuse and --update might solve this conflict. !!! If not, it might help emerge to give a more specific suggestion. That together with ABI_X86=(64) (-32*) (-x32) from the package line makes it clear that it is trying to change that USE flag. I disagree

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:10:41 +0100 Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Tom Wijsman wrote: !!! Enabling --newuse and --update might solve this conflict. !!! If not, it might help emerge to give a more specific suggestion. That together with ABI_X86=(64) (-32*) (-x32) from the package

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Matt Turner
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:56:32 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: There's a single problem. It can't enable abi_x86_32. Why didn't it just say that? As per the full output, it does: !!! Enabling --newuse and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:25:47 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: Imagine I had simply forgotten to unmask the abi_x86_32 USE flag for kbproto but was attempting to emerge unstable (or unmasked abi_x86_32) libXt.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Peter Stuge
Tom Wijsman wrote: Does replacing this explicit behavior by implicit behavior make sense for the users in general? Please don't warp the words. Maybe I misunderstand, but it seems like that's what you're doing. I'll try to clarify: With explicit I was refering to allowing manual setting and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Matt Turner
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:25:47 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: Imagine I had simply forgotten to unmask the abi_x86_32 USE flag for

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:09:04 +0100 Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Tom Wijsman wrote: Does replacing this explicit behavior by implicit behavior make sense for the users in general? Please don't warp the words. Maybe I misunderstand, but it seems like that's what you're doing. I'll

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:21:53 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:25:47 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Matt Turner
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:21:53 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:25:47 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Peter Stuge
Tom Wijsman wrote: I'm not sure if making broken (or experimental) things more easily available or a suggestion would be a good idea; people already have enough trouble as it is, adding more doesn't seem to be the right way. It's not about broken/experimental, it's about the logical

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:45:29 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:21:53 -0800 Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:57:06 +0100 Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Tom Wijsman wrote: I'm not sure if making broken (or experimental) things more easily available or a suggestion would be a good idea; people already have enough trouble as it is, adding more doesn't seem to be the right

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Peter Stuge
Tom Wijsman wrote: portage should say, with as similar wording as possible: If you want to emerge libXt with those USE flags then you'll also have to set those same USE flags for libYt and libZt because libXt DEPENDs on them. Bonus points: Would you like me to set those USE

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-11-15, o godz. 14:53:00 Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org napisał(a): As I see it now, with respect to multilib, we have three competing solutions, but not a clear direction which way we want to go as a distro: 1: emul-* packages 2: multilib-portage 3: multilib.eclass I would

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:26:57 +0100 Peter Stuge pe...@stuge.se wrote: Tom Wijsman wrote: portage should say, with as similar wording as possible: If you want to emerge libXt with those USE flags then you'll also have to set those same USE flags for libYt and libZt because libXt

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:39:34 +0100 Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: Dnia 2013-11-15, o godz. 14:53:00 Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org napisał(a): As I see it now, with respect to multilib, we have three competing solutions, but not a clear direction which way we want to go as a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 11/14/2013 01:13 PM, Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-11-14, o godz. 07:49:55 Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org napisał(a): On 11/13/2013 11:02 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: It's also worth pointing out that the whole reason why abi_x86_32 is {package.,}use.stable.masked is because trying to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: So just fix it as problems appear and/or we have some spare time ... Have any problems appeared that impact anybody who hasn't tried to take advantage of the new multilib features (ie modified their config files/etc)?

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Ben de Groot
On 14 November 2013 13:13, Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: Dnia 2013-11-14, o godz. 07:49:55 Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org napisał(a): On 11/13/2013 11:02 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: It's also worth pointing out that the whole reason why abi_x86_32 is {package.,}use.stable.masked

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 11/14/2013 08:13 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: So just fix it as problems appear and/or we have some spare time ... Have any problems appeared that impact anybody who hasn't tried to take advantage of the new multilib

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote: On 14 November 2013 13:13, Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: And how is it possible to discuss anything properly in Gentoo? That's because we have no proper leadership. We're an anarchistic collection of people

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: Apart from me masking a few things because portage couldn't figure out a way to a consistent state, and all that ... That is vague. It may be true, but it does nothing to help anybody understand what is going on. I

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Ben de Groot
On 14 November 2013 20:32, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote: On 14 November 2013 13:13, Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: And how is it possible to discuss anything properly in Gentoo? That's because we have no

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote: I said As it is always happy to point out, Council doesn't see itself as leadership, just as a supreme court of appeal, when everything else seems to have failed. It likes to get involved as little as possible. The last

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Ben de Groot
On 14 November 2013 23:12, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote: I said As it is always happy to point out, Council doesn't see itself as leadership, just as a supreme court of appeal, when everything else seems to have

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote: I was particularly hit by this as maintainer of freetype, see bugs 455070 and 459352 for some of the mess that could have been avoided. Looks like 455070 was the source of problems there (the other is just a tracker with

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-11-14, o godz. 20:03:36 Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org napisał(a): On 11/14/2013 01:13 PM, Michał Górny wrote: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Multilib_porting_status That's the closest thing to a roadmap. So just fix it as problems appear and/or we have some spare time ...

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas Sachau
Rich Freeman schrieb: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org wrote: So just fix it as problems appear and/or we have some spare time ... Have any problems appeared that impact anybody who hasn't tried to take advantage of the new multilib features (ie modified

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:07:39 +0100 Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: - multilib-portage was planned to add features with a future EAPI version, so in the end needs agreement from maintainers of package managers, the pms team and the council. If anyone from those groups only claims you

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 11/15/2013 01:51 AM, Michał Górny wrote: So tell me, what you exactly want or need? Or is it just bare complaining for the sake of complaining? Well, you accidentally cut out all references to TommyD's work again. Almost as if you don't even want to discuss a working proper solution that

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 11/15/2013 03:35 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:07:39 +0100 Thomas Sachau to...@gentoo.org wrote: - multilib-portage was planned to add features with a future EAPI version, so in the end needs agreement from maintainers of package managers, the pms team and the council.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Matt Turner
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Martin Vaeth va...@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote: The new features use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask have turned maintaining systems with mixed ARCH and ~ARCH keywords into a nightmare: I agree. I have helped two friends convert to Gentoo recently

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Kent Fredric
On 15 November 2013 17:56, Matt Turner matts...@gentoo.org wrote: After using it for a month, he's now convinced that Gentoo is clearly the most difficult to use. I'm inclined to agree, I'd have to disagree there slightly, arch is more easy to use if you stick to the core set, the binary

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Ben de Groot
On 15 November 2013 01:32, Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ben de Groot yng...@gentoo.org wrote: I was particularly hit by this as maintainer of freetype, see bugs 455070 and 459352 for some of the mess that could have been avoided. Looks like 455070 was

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-14 Thread Ulrich Mueller
On Fri, 15 Nov 2013, Ben de Groot wrote: As I see it now, with respect to multilib, we have three competing solutions, but not a clear direction which way we want to go as a distro: 1: emul-* packages 2: multilib-portage 3: multilib.eclass I would like to vote for option 1, as it is the

[gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Martin Vaeth
Hello. The new features use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask have turned maintaining systems with mixed ARCH and ~ARCH keywords into a nightmare: Similarly to the (fortunately dropped) concept of forcing useflags if certain packages are installed this forces a magic on the user which can

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:28:02 + (UTC) Martin Vaeth va...@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote: Hello. The new features use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask have turned maintaining systems with mixed ARCH and ~ARCH keywords into a nightmare: They are considered unsupported by many;

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Thomas Kahle
Hi, On 11/13/2013 12:39 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:28:02 + (UTC) Martin Vaeth va...@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote: Hello. The new features use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask have turned maintaining systems with mixed ARCH and ~ARCH keywords into a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Thomas Kahle to...@gentoo.org wrote: On 11/13/2013 12:39 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:28:02 + (UTC) Martin Vaeth va...@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote: Hello. The new features use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask have turned

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:25:11 +0100 Thomas Kahle to...@gentoo.org wrote: Hi, On 11/13/2013 12:39 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:28:02 + (UTC) Martin Vaeth va...@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de wrote: Hello. The new features use.stable.mask and

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:37:51 -0500 Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org wrote: That said, your original email contained a few separate issues and they're probably best dealt with individually. Just to set things straight: Note that these were different authors. We're not going to have a common

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-11-13, o godz. 10:28:02 Martin Vaeth va...@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de napisał(a): As I understand, it tries to solve a social issue (that an ARCH user might set a USE-flag which eventually pulls in an ~ARCH package) on a technical level (by forcibly disabling the USE-flag for the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 13/11/13 09:10 AM, Michał Górny wrote: 1. For several reasons I always want the most current emul-linux-x86* libraries, so they are in package.accept_keywords. Due to global ABI_X86=32 (which I also want), this forced me of course to put

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Patrick Lauer
On 11/13/2013 11:02 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: It's also worth pointing out that the whole reason why abi_x86_32 is {package.,}use.stable.masked is because trying to manage the partial transisition between emul-* and multilib-build dependencies ^^ Why is there a partial random transition

Re: [gentoo-dev] Please consider removing use.stable.mask and package.use.stable.mask

2013-11-13 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-11-14, o godz. 07:49:55 Patrick Lauer patr...@gentoo.org napisał(a): On 11/13/2013 11:02 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: It's also worth pointing out that the whole reason why abi_x86_32 is {package.,}use.stable.masked is because trying to manage the partial transisition between