[gentoo-dev] Last rites: net-ftp/swiftfxp

2008-02-08 Thread Raúl Porcel
# Raúl Porcel (08 Feb 2008) # Removal for treecleaners in 60 days # Will be removed 08 Apr 2008 # Bug 205482, many bugs, dead upstream net-ftp/swiftfxp -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] VDB access

2008-02-08 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:41:31 -0800 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if [[ -n "${E_INSTALLED_PKG_METADATA_CMD}" ]] ; then > > ${E_INSTALLED_PKG_METADATA_CMD} >=cat/pkg-1.23 USE foo > > else > > # old vdb stuff > > fi > > it would be handy if it supports something like the built_wit

Re: [gentoo-dev] category ambiguity

2008-02-08 Thread Nirbheek Chauhan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 8, 2008 3:19 PM, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > In my humble opinion, the current classification is perfectly fine in > practice -- it is quite similar to the human naming system: > > , => / (okay, not exactly -- categs are limited -- but close eno

Re: [gentoo-dev] category ambiguity

2008-02-08 Thread Nirbheek Chauhan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 8, 2008 7:32 AM, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > I don't think categories are the best way of resolving ambiguities, > because they don't uniquely identify a package. One could imagine two > packages in the same category with the same name (for exampl