Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
I'll start answering from the last point since it explains the remaining answers. Sorry for the shuffle. On Tue, 14 May 2013 10:41:27 +0200 Luca Barbato wrote: > On 05/10/2013 09:45 AM, Ralph Sennhauser wrote: > > [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Systemd#Unit_Files > > In the end init

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Fabio Erculiani
Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained state? openrc-settingsd was the first thing that we as Gentoo developers (Pacho?) had to write in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > And (and!) how does all this fit together with eudev? If the idea is > to either put logind in udev (thus, not creating a separate logind > ebuild), it means that eudev is already a dead end for GNOME users, > unless the eudev team is going

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Pacho Ramos
El mié, 15-05-2013 a las 15:41 +0200, Fabio Erculiani escribió: > Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're > currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the > features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained > state? openrc-settingsd wa

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Ben de Groot
On 15 May 2013 21:41, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're > currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the > features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained > state? openrc-settingsd was the first thing

[gentoo-dev] CPU use flag detection

2013-05-15 Thread yac
Hi, I was recently investigating what cpu flags do I have and how does it work. I have put what I have so far at [1]. So I thought I let you know in case someone wants to chip in. [1] https://github.com/yaccz/cufd

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/05/13 10:16 AM, Ben de Groot wrote: > On 15 May 2013 21:41, Fabio Erculiani wrote: >> And (and!) how does all this fit together with eudev? If the idea >> is to either put logind in udev (thus, not creating a separate >> logind ebuild), it mea

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Luca Barbato
On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're > currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the > features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained > state? openrc-settingsd was the first thing

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Luca Barbato
On 05/15/2013 05:03 PM, Luca Barbato wrote: > On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: >> Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're >> currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the >> features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintai

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:03 +0200 Luca Barbato wrote: > - those not using the latest glibc (and maybe uclibc) Did you test this? Are there more specific details regarding this? Which version don't work? Is it known why? > - those not using a recent linux kernel It works on all gentoo-sources

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:03 +0200 > Luca Barbato wrote: > >> - those not using the latest glibc (and maybe uclibc) > > Did you test this? Are there more specific details regarding this? > Which version don't work? Is it known why? > >> - tho

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:13 +0200 Luca Barbato wrote: > On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > > ... GNOME ... > > And given that the end-plan according to the guys is to kill the > distributions shall we just close Gentoo now? Let's not exaggerate things, there are a ton of other DE

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Wed, 15 May 2013 13:25:11 -0400 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Tom Wijsman > wrote: > Don't take it personally or as an attack on systemd. I think he was > just pointing out that there are many use cases where systemd may not > be appropriate. In discussions, I try

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2013 13:25:11 -0400 > Rich Freeman wrote: > >> In any case, there really isn't any "decision" to make here. > > Then for what purpose is this discussion still going on? > No comment on that... Maybe another way of saying thing

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH eutils] prune_libtool_files: do not remove non-libtool .la files.

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
On Fri, 3 May 2013 17:54:36 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: > Let's assume that all libtool files have a consistent format and contain > a line stating 'shouldnotlink=(yes|no)'. We use that to distinguish > modules from libraries, so we can as well use it to validate the .la > file to avoid removing n

Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCHES] distutils-r1: support 'edefault' in sub-phase functions

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
On Wed, 1 May 2013 22:42:05 +0200 Michał Górny wrote: > To make this more friendly, I would likely to locally introduce > 'edefault' function in the eclass (name can change). The function would > -- similarly to 'default' in regular phase functions -- call > the default code for the sub-phase. I

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Pacho Ramos
El mié, 15-05-2013 a las 15:02 -0400, Rich Freeman escribió: [...] > No comment on that... > > Maybe another way of saying things is that really the onus is on those > who want others to change their behavior to explain why they should > change. So, if you're seeking a change in behavior be up-fr

[gentoo-dev] [PATCH multibuild.eclass] Use portable locking code from Fabian Groffen.

2013-05-15 Thread Michał Górny
The 'userland_*' flags have proven not good enough to determine the availability of lock helpers. Fabian provided a nice portable locking code instead. Fixes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466554 --- gx86/eclass/multibuild.eclass | 29 +++-- 1 file changed, 15 in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Alexander Berntsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: > Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux > kernel And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at all. - -- Alexander alexan...@plaimi.net http://plaimi.net/~alexander -BEGIN PG

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 15 May 2013 22:56:21 +0200 Alexander Berntsen wrote: > On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: > > Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux > > kernel > > And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at all. Why not?

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 03:41:31PM +0200, Fabio Erculiani wrote > Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're > currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the > features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained > state? openrc-settingsd wa

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:18 PM, wrote: > Question... when Sun made OpenOffice depend on Java (also a Sun > product) did Gentoo developers run around suggesting that Java be made a > part of the core Gentoo base system? I don't think so. If a user wants > to run GNOME badly enough, he'll swit

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Matthew Thode
On 05/15/13 16:01, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2013 22:56:21 +0200 > Alexander Berntsen wrote: >> On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: >>> Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux >>> kernel > >> And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at all. > > Wh

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread waltdnes
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 06:38:14PM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote > It will probably be more than a decade before anybody is FORCED to run > systemd on Gentoo. You don't even have to run udev on Gentoo. > > It will probably be years before the default even changes, assuming > the trajectory of system

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:16:01PM +0800, Ben de Groot wrote: > We don't control upstreams, but we still have choices. At this point I > only see Gnome and udev upstreams who are forcing their users to use > systemd. (There may be other projects too that I'm not aware of.) Udev doesn't force anyth

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:56:21PM +0200, Alexander Berntsen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 15/05/13 17:10, Luca Barbato wrote: > > Those that can't use systemd: - those not using a recent linux > > kernel > And let's not forget those who aren't using Linux at al

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread William Hubbs
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 02:18:13PM -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 03:41:31PM +0200, Fabio Erculiani wrote > > Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're > > currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the > > features that syst

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Matthew Thode
On 05/15/13 19:27, William Hubbs wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:16:01PM +0800, Ben de Groot wrote: >> We don't control upstreams, but we still have choices. At this point I >> only see Gnome and udev upstreams who are forcing their users to use >> systemd. (There may be other projects too that

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Matthew Thode
On 05/15/13 20:20, William Hubbs wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 02:18:13PM -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: >> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 03:41:31PM +0200, Fabio Erculiani wrote >>> Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're >>> currently writing and maintaining drop-in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Package up for grabs: dev-libs/fcgi

2013-05-15 Thread Rafael Goncalves Martins
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Rafael Goncalves Martins < rafaelmart...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Hans de Graaff wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I thought I already dropped maintainership of this package a long time >> ago, since I haven't been using fastcgi for ages, but a n

Re: Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 05/15/2013 08:41 AM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > Are we realizing that in order to keep systemd out of our way, we're > currently writing and maintaining drop-in replacements for the > features that systemd is already providing in an actively maintained > state? openrc-settingsd was the first thing

[gentoo-dev] Re: Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Duncan
Rich Freeman posted on Wed, 15 May 2013 10:01:57 -0400 as excerpted: > Gentoo is about choice, but that doesn't mean that every developer has > to support every possible choice on every package. ++ > Eudev not working with gnome is not a reason to hold back either > project. Not every option in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in mail-client/claws-mail: ChangeLog claws-mail-3.9.1.ebuild

2013-05-15 Thread Christian Faulhammer
Hi, Michał Górny : > > libnotify is only a fraction of the supported notification means of > > said plugin in Claws. > > Is the remaining fraction usable without libnotify on Gentoo? Yes. Regards V-Li -- Christian Faulhammer, Gentoo Lisp project http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gent

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Luca Barbato
On 05/15/2013 07:26 PM, Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:13 +0200 > Luca Barbato wrote: > >> On 05/15/2013 03:41 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: >>> ... GNOME ... >> >> And given that the end-plan according to the guys is to kill the >> distributions shall we just close Gentoo now? > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users

2013-05-15 Thread Pacho Ramos
El mié, 15-05-2013 a las 20:28 -0500, Matthew Thode escribió: > On 05/15/13 19:27, William Hubbs wrote: > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:16:01PM +0800, Ben de Groot wrote: > >> We don't control upstreams, but we still have choices. At this point I > >> only see Gnome and udev upstreams who are forcin