Re: [gentoo-dev] Jeeves IRC replacement now alive - Willikins

2008-08-15 Thread Javier Villavicencio
Robin H. Johnson wrote: Getting the bot out there - If you would like to have the new bot in your #gentoo-* channel, would each channel founder/leader please respond to this thread, stating the channel name, and that they are the contact for any problems/troubles. #gent

Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP 56] metadata.xml USE flag descriptions [Clarifications]

2008-08-15 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:13:26 -0400 Doug Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the benefit? > There is none really. Allow all use flags to exist in metadata.xml. > It's really more of a clarification to the GLEP if this is allowed. I personally think that this would facilitate a lot of

Re: [gentoo-dev] best way to use profiles and package.use.mask?

2008-08-15 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:33:04 +0300 Petteri Räty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As a distribution we should strive to make as many packages available with as many features as possible on as many architectures (or indeed operating systems) as possible.[1] Not communicating important changes in ebuilds t

[gentoo-dev] Re: The Plethora of Patches

2008-08-15 Thread Steve Long
Andrew D Kirch wrote: > Here's the script that I used to generate this. Just some bash hints. In a nutshell: please don't use ls in scripts. > I have not manually > reviewed all of thousands of patches to determine the unique situation > of each patch, however I would like a suggestion on how to