Re: [gentoo-dev] Request for Comment

2006-02-11 Thread Simon Stelling
(I think it would be better if you could post the text on the list, so people can easier cite the paragraphs they are referring to.) I cite one situation which has actually led to system destruction: I was in need of a certain version of a library. A the moment I installed it initially, this

Re: [gentoo-dev] Request for Comment

2006-02-11 Thread Marius Mauch
Klaus-J. Wolf wrote: Hi, I am new to this list, but I am not new to Gentoo. Would you please discuss a GLEP draft, which I believe it might improve the usability of Gentoo? Text at: http://www.seismic.de/gentoo/gentoo_mask_proposal.html Technical details still missing... Ignoring the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Request for Comment

2006-02-11 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Klaus-J. Wolf wrote: http://www.seismic.de/gentoo/gentoo_mask_proposal.html * Manually keyword unmasking an ebuild, automatically means unmasking the last one in the line of masked versions. No. Use the = to unmask a specific version only. For example: =sys-apps/findutils-4.2.25

Re: [gentoo-dev] Request for Comment

2006-02-11 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:11:07 +0100 Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Klaus-J. Wolf wrote: | http://www.seismic.de/gentoo/gentoo_mask_proposal.html | |* Manually keyword unmasking an ebuild, automatically means | unmasking the last one in the line of masked versions. | |

[gentoo-dev] Request for Comment

2006-02-10 Thread Klaus-J. Wolf
Hi, I am new to this list, but I am not new to Gentoo. Would you please discuss a GLEP draft, which I believe it might improve the usability of Gentoo? Text at: http://www.seismic.de/gentoo/gentoo_mask_proposal.html Technical details still missing... Regards k.j. ps. I can also post the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Request for Comment

2006-02-10 Thread Dan Meltzer
On 2/10/06, Klaus-J. Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am new to this list, but I am not new to Gentoo. Would you please discuss a GLEP draft, which I believe it might improve the usability of Gentoo? Text at: http://www.seismic.de/gentoo/gentoo_mask_proposal.html Seems like a huge