Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-25 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 24.12.2012 17:09, schrieb Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina: > On 12/24/2012 09:00 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >> On 24/12/2012 14:32, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>> This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer >>> queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing

[gentoo-dev] Re: Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-25 Thread Duncan
Michael Hampicke posted on Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:09:15 +0100 as excerpted: > Am 24.12.2012 17:09, schrieb Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina: >> On 12/24/2012 09:00 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >>> Not sure how /var/cache fits for binpkgs though, tbh. >> >> No sure how it doesn't... >> >> Binpackages are

Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-25 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > On 24/12/2012 16:43, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> Why not? Because they are distributed to other systems? > More because they can be used as a backup themselves, if I want to > keep older versions available. This is a valid argument, of course.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-25 Thread Peter Stuge
Michael Hampicke wrote: > can binpackages easily be regenerated locally if their ebuilds are > not in portage anymore? If the package is still installed it is very easy with quickpkg. //Peter

[gentoo-dev] Drop the Perl Modules Guideline?

2012-12-25 Thread Torsten Veller
Let's discuss the "specific guideline" for Perl modules. It's as follows: ,- http://devrel.gentoo.org/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap2_sect2 | Perl | | New Perl modules are to be added to portage only when one of the following | conditions is met: | | a) The module(s) fulfill a depend

Re: [gentoo-dev] tools-portage herd unmaintained packages

2012-12-25 Thread Pacho Ramos
El mar, 06-11-2012 a las 12:35 -0600, Paul Varner escribió: > All: > > The following packages in the tools-portage herd are effectively > unmaintained packages and need a maintainer to step up and maintain them. > > app-portage/deltup > app-portage/epm > app-portage/maintainer-helper > app-portag

Re: [gentoo-dev] Drop the Perl Modules Guideline?

2012-12-25 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Torsten Veller wrote: > Let's discuss the "specific guideline" for Perl modules. It's as follows: > > ,- > http://devrel.gentoo.org/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap2_sect2 > | Perl > | > | New Perl modules are to be added to portage only when one of th

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2012-12-25 Thread Pacho Ramos
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Re: [gentoo-dev] tools-portage herd unmaintained packages

2012-12-25 Thread Brian Dolbec
On Tue, 2012-12-25 at 15:09 +0100, Pacho Ramos wrote: > El mar, 06-11-2012 a las 12:35 -0600, Paul Varner escribió: > > All: > > > > The following packages in the tools-portage herd are effectively > > unmaintained packages and need a maintainer to step up and maintain them. > > > > app-portage/d

Re: [gentoo-dev] tools-portage herd unmaintained packages

2012-12-25 Thread Sven Eden
Am Dienstag, 25. Dezember 2012, 15:09:21 schrieb Pacho Ramos: > El mar, 06-11-2012 a las 12:35 -0600, Paul Varner escribió: > > All: > > > > The following packages in the tools-portage herd are effectively > > unmaintained packages and need a maintainer to step up and maintain them. > > > > app-por

Re: [gentoo-dev] Drop the Perl Modules Guideline?

2012-12-25 Thread Sergey Popov
25.12.2012 18:30, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Torsten Veller wrote: >> Let's discuss the "specific guideline" for Perl modules. It's as follows: >> >> ,- >> http://devrel.gentoo.org/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap2_sect2 >> | Perl >> | >> | New Perl modules