Re: [Patch] add pkg-config file support

2013-03-09 Thread Marc Lehmann
On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 01:12:21PM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: > > Why would I? It's not my job to educate gentoo. They can break programs > > and make life harder for its users as much as they want. > > Had you spent enough time to follow the link > you wouldn't have made an ass out of yourself.

Re: do not discuss pkg-config unless...

2013-03-09 Thread Marc Lehmann
On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 09:58:31AM -0600, Dan White wrote: > I respect your decisions with libev. However, I ask you to consider > that others on this list of different motivations as users of libev than > you do as a developer of it. Sure, but that still doesn't mean they can troll - the list of

Re: do not discuss pkg-config unless...

2013-03-09 Thread Dan White
On 03/09/13 11:55 +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote: Given the sad state of affirs w.r.t. the pkg-config discussions, please refrain from discussing this topic unless: - you really have an argument that hasn't been refuted yet. - you really show evidence, or an explanation, on why your argument is true.

Re: [Patch] add pkg-config file support

2013-03-09 Thread Luca Barbato
On 09/03/13 11:48, Marc Lehmann wrote: > On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 05:50:31AM +0100, Luca Barbato > wrote: >>> If "you" are gentoo and you add patches like that, potentially breaking >>> compatibility with other distributions and upstream, then you are simply >>> doing it wrong. >> >> Feel free to

do not discuss pkg-config unless...

2013-03-09 Thread Marc Lehmann
Given the sad state of affirs w.r.t. the pkg-config discussions, please refrain from discussing this topic unless: - you really have an argument that hasn't been refuted yet. - you really show evidence, or an explanation, on why your argument is true. - if you think a previously refuted argument i

Re: add pkg-config file support

2013-03-09 Thread Marc Lehmann
On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 10:14:44AM -0600, Dan White wrote: > >Well, since pkg-config would fail in your described scenario (libev > >installed in a non-standard location means pkg-config will not find it > >either...), I am not sure what this is an argument for. > > It would not fail, Don't get

Re: [Patch] add pkg-config file support

2013-03-09 Thread Marc Lehmann
On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 05:50:31AM +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: > > If "you" are gentoo and you add patches like that, potentially breaking > > compatibility with other distributions and upstream, then you are simply > > doing it wrong. > > Feel free to discuss about it here Why would I? It's not