I've made some modifications to the GLEP, see:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0047.html
The modifications are based on all comments raised on the previous
version.
Many pieces rewritten, reworded and explained in more detail.
- clarified 'safeness' of CHOST variable
- note on USE-expansi
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:28:43 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Ok. If we're on the same wave length here, then I think the real
| question is here whether we do allow hyphens to be in the os part or
| not. If yes, the part till the first hyphen is the arch, and
| everything from the hyph
On 11-02-2006 20:05:58 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:28:34 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | > kfreebsd-gnu is, in effect, one example you're using already. You'd
> | > have x86 as the arch, FreeBSD as the kernel and GNU as the userland.
> |
> | Yes, but you're
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:28:34 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > kfreebsd-gnu is, in effect, one example you're using already. You'd
| > have x86 as the arch, FreeBSD as the kernel and GNU as the userland.
|
| Yes, but you're actually mixing two things here now. The right hand
| side of
On 10-02-2006 20:22:06 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:25:47 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | On 09-02-2006 23:50:08 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> | > On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:48:32 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | > wrote:
> | > > Instead of proposing a 4-tup
On Friday 10 February 2006 22:05, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> See, you're saying "two should be enough" and then special casing when
> two isn't enough. Why not just go for "two is usually enough, but use
> three where necessary"?
On Friday 10 February 2006 01:44, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote:
> "
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:44:11 +0100 "Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On Friday 10 February 2006 21:22, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
| > kfreebsd-gnu is, in effect, one example you're using already. You'd
| > have x86 as the arch, FreeBSD as the kernel and GNU as the userland.
|
| x
On Friday 10 February 2006 21:22, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> kfreebsd-gnu is, in effect, one example you're using already. You'd have
> x86 as the arch, FreeBSD as the kernel and GNU as the userland.
x86-kfbsd
I can't see other kfbsd cases for now.
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:25:47 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On 09-02-2006 23:50:08 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
| > On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:48:32 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| > wrote:
| > > Instead of proposing a 4-tuple [3]_ keyword, a 2-tuple
| > > keyword is chosen for archs th
On 10-02-2006 11:00:33 +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten wrote:
> On Friday 10 February 2006 09:00, Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo) wrote:
> > Could you add a definition of 'safe' to the GLEP? It's not clear what
> > this means at the moment.
> "Variables that can be counted on, as users can't change them i
On 10-02-2006 00:38:47 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:26:11 -0500 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Assuming the CHOST variable is 'safe' is not a good thing, users can
> > over-ride this variable. Can you specify some behavior when it's set
> > to something bogu
On 09-02-2006 23:50:08 +, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:48:32 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Instead of proposing a 4-tuple [3]_ keyword, a 2-tuple
> > keyword is chosen for archs that require them.
>
> Provision should be made for future ports that require more
On Friday 10 February 2006 09:00, Kevin F. Quinn (Gentoo) wrote:
> Could you add a definition of 'safe' to the GLEP? It's not clear what
> this means at the moment.
"Variables that can be counted on, as users can't change them in unexpectable
ways without hacking the tree" :)
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Diego "Flameeye
On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:48:32 +0100
Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please find attached GLEP 47: "Creating 'safe' environment variables".
Could you add a definition of 'safe' to the GLEP? It's not clear what
this means at the moment.
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On Friday 10 February 2006 01:20, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Mmm. Do you consider the cost of slightly simplified wording in the
> GLEP now to be worth extra effort that may be required in the future by
> some especially whacked out port? I'd prefer to see at least a note in
> the GLEP stating that t
On Friday 10 February 2006 01:26, Alec Warner wrote:
> Assuming the CHOST variable is 'safe' is not a good thing, users can
> over-ride this variable. Can you specify some behavior when it's set to
> something bogus ( invalid form ) or something thats not in the mapping?
Changing CHOST variable in
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:26:11 -0500 Alec Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| Assuming the CHOST variable is 'safe' is not a good thing, users can
| over-ride this variable. Can you specify some behavior when it's set
| to something bogus ( invalid form ) or something thats not in the
| mapping?
Us
Grobian wrote:
> Please find attached GLEP 47: "Creating 'safe' environment variables".
>
> The GLEP is a Gentoo/Alt initiative. Constructive comments are welcome.
>
>
> The variables ``ELIBC``, ``KERNEL`` and ``ARCH`` are currently set in
> the profiles when other than their defaults for a GN
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:11:00 +0100 "Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On Friday 10 February 2006 00:50, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
| > Provision should be made for future ports that require more than two
| > keywords. There's no particular reason to artificially limit this to
| >
On Friday 10 February 2006 00:50, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Provision should be made for future ports that require more than two
> keywords. There's no particular reason to artificially limit this to
> two at this stage.
There's a reason: simplicity. More than two part keywords simply are difficult
On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 22:48:32 +0100 Grobian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Please find attached GLEP 47: "Creating 'safe' environment variables".
> Author: Diego Pettenò, Fabian Groffen
> <{flameeyes,[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Could you use the standard format please?
> Status: Active
Should be Draft
Please find attached GLEP 47: "Creating 'safe' environment variables".
The GLEP is a Gentoo/Alt initiative. Constructive comments are welcome.
--
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo/Alt
GLEP: 47
Title: Creating 'safe' environment variables
Version: $Revision: 1.1 $
Last-Modified: $Date: 2006/02/09 21:42:57 $
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