Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 42 "Critical News Reporting" Round Two

2005-11-05 Thread Ferris McCormick
accidentally killed by pressing the wrong key in Vim. I can't resist. I think you mean '"not" after "system,"': "...*before* they break the user's system, not after " Regards, - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dev

Re: [gentoo-dev] Modular X: ABI breakage

2005-12-05 Thread Ferris McCormick
t; This means you'll need to run revdep-rebuild after upgrading, otherwise > you'll get problems from 3D just not working to packages being unable to > find libGL. > If you make sure to re-emerge mesa immediately after the libdrm upgrade, the revdep-rebuild is much less in

Re: [gentoo-dev] Annoying X.Org tarball naming (and how to deal with it)

2005-12-22 Thread Ferris McCormick
on about packages in full releases. > > Thanks, > Donnie > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDqjr2XVaO67S1rtsRAhlPAKCMvjj82U6sNPpVYsUOnKOsRwAF4QCgibKM > Ccs1TnSQbXI66BVpf4P8Ed4= > =NFr1 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] RFC --- Thoughts on devrel bug content

2006-01-11 Thread Ferris McCormick
introduction. The RFC is also available on-line at http://dev.gentoo.org/~fmccor/devrel/DevrelBug.rfc.txt --- if you wish to compare, the original version is present in the ~fmccor/devrel directory too. Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux

Re: [gentoo-dev] Parallizing ebuilds - 'trivial' ebuilds

2006-01-11 Thread Ferris McCormick
gards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc, devrel) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDxaBWQa6M3+I///cRAv/UAKCmOh2vFoZoAstFIOoynlYk5IhdFQCgntpt XYfbsIWLAmbdu38ksgKdmP4= =YDDI -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC --- Thoughts on devrel bug content

2006-01-12 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 14:08 -0700, Duncan wrote: > Ferris McCormick posted > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on > Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:04:19 +: > > > B. "Jurisdiction" --- why this is something for devrel to consider (policy > > violation or wha

Re: [gentoo-dev] Some LaTeX news

2006-01-14 Thread Ferris McCormick
ug #118405 and the last draft can be found on my devpage (http://dev.gentoo.org/~nattfodd). Looks good so far. Regards, Alexandre Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (sparc, devrel) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Ver

Re: [gentoo-dev] Eclass for prime numbers

2006-02-12 Thread Ferris McCormick
TED]> Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD732hQa6M3+I///cRAnudAKCGKcN1v+EC1eWAL+JDKKcUCKs1qgCfU2Cq MqMhBHNtNsm8xVa7IrMtTlU= =aG5A

Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla etiquette suggestions

2006-02-12 Thread Ferris McCormick
have triggered the bump. By the way, I really like the proposal which triggered this discussion. Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD79mAQ

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gratuitous useflaggery (doc and examples)

2006-03-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
, and when I do that, I really want them to be identical. I think if you have your no-docs-of-any-kind option, you get your wish as to locally built packages, but if you really mean things like openoffice-bin, I doubt that any openoffice user would want it with absolutely no documentation.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Gratuitous useflaggery (doc and examples)

2006-03-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, MIkey wrote: Ferris McCormick wrote: I would also like to have them excluded from binary packages. That can't be right can it? You mean, like openoffice-bin, or like the ones you build yourself? I know that I often

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Gratuitous useflaggery (doc and examples)

2006-03-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, MIkey wrote: Ferris McCormick wrote: I misinterpreted what you wrote. I thought you meant "physically included in the package," not "installed from a binary package." I just completely read what loo

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Gratuitous useflaggery (doc and examples)

2006-03-05 Thread Ferris McCormick
or, say, FEATURES='-distcc ccache' MAKEOPTS='-j2'emerge ... on some specific occasions, and it does what it looks like it should do. Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: [gentoo-dev] adding a code of conduct

2006-04-03 Thread Ferris McCormick
too-dev@gentoo.org mailing list Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2-ecc0.1.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEMa8iQa6M3+I///cRApdNAKDQdMVanpvYqte2NFBGXCmlUBwOjgCgw9+

Re: [gentoo-dev] adding a code of conduct

2006-04-03 Thread Ferris McCormick
eveloper for those puzzled by this.) So I am not sure of the proxy comment's practical effect. I still think the intent is good and support it. Regards, - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versi

[gentoo-dev] xorg-x11 and local (RgbPath) rgb.txt database files [informal survey]

2006-04-16 Thread Ferris McCormick
t matter). If the question doesn't mean anything to you, or if you use the default rgb.txt, no response needed. Thanks, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Vers

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 49 - Package manager requirements

2006-05-20 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have not read this carefully. There is a lot to work through. At first reading, I like it a lot. Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIG

[gentoo-dev] Glep 49 (g2boojum's version)

2006-06-02 Thread Ferris McCormick
it seems to me that the ebuild works because of a bug in portage, and there should be no complaint if as a side effect of fixing this bug the ebuild in question quit working. If memory serves me, things like this have indeed happened. I can't recall a specific, however. Regards, Ferris

Re: [gentoo-dev] Herds suck, fix them

2006-06-17 Thread Ferris McCormick
ains. But we're nice about it. :) Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2-ecc0.1.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFElAsdQa6M3+I///cRAkw9AKCuLkwdVENA8Hy++xBOS76PLGPXywCfW977 N0

Re: Fw: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Enterprise 10000 support and developer access

2008-03-24 Thread Ferris McCormick
sparc project, I invite you to read about the Architecture Testing program at http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/sparc/at/index.xml and consider if you are interested in that. Thangs again, and Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (

Re: [gentoo-dev] New developer : Markus Duft (mduft)

2008-04-30 Thread Ferris McCormick
Exeunt, fighting. > Nice. I wish I'd thought of that. :) -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for May

2008-05-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
ing. Simply put, the gentoo-dev mailing list must be > notified at least 14 days before the meeting itself. > > For more info on the Gentoo Council, feel free to browse our homepage: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/ Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) &

Re: [gentoo-dev] Bug wrangling

2008-05-12 Thread Ferris McCormick
> bug-wrangler anymore. Was anyone successful to contact him, yet? > > V-Li I am told he should be back sometime soon, like today. Apparently someone is in contact with him. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (De

[gentoo-dev] Nominations for council

2008-06-02 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think nominations are open. I nominate rane welp zlin I think I've spelt all of them correctly and that all three are are qualified. Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sp

[gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-05 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'll try again. :) I nominate rane welp zlin Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9

Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-05 Thread Ferris McCormick
ain): > > I nominate: > > dertobi123 > fmccor > > OK, I'll accept, if only because I think generally people who are nominated should accept. > -- > Fabian Groffen > Gentoo on a different level > -- > gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > Rega

[gentoo-dev] Spam to see if signature is OK now

2008-06-05 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhIL8AACgkQQ

Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-05 Thread Ferris McCormick
t I may be a member of. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkhIMYQACgkQTE4/y7nJvasByACg24Z2Qw4OPMbLPAGwoRAG/8hG > rswAn3E/B28l95e2rHTbnHX8SKgWfVM1 > =yVuz > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- > gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-06 Thread Ferris McCormick
008- > > nominees.xml > > > > > I'll provide a link in the next week or so. Most likely to a link to a > text file in d.g.o/~fmccor/ > > - -- > > Regards, > > > > Roy Bamford > > (NeddySeagoon) a member of > > gentoo-ops > &

Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-06 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 09:28 +, Duncan wrote: > Ferris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted > [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 06 > Jun 2008 01:37:21 +: > > >> 2. As one of the first priorities will be setting policy for pending > >>

[gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-06 Thread Ferris McCormick
I also nominate: NeddySeagoon Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

2008-06-07 Thread Ferris McCormick
that it describes council+policy. The actual policy was established in 2005 in a vote by the developer community. Thus, changes to the GLEP should be only to clarify actual policy (and I don't know where it is written down. I remember the vote, but don't know who controls the actual pol

Re: [gentoo-dev] A few questions to our nominees

2008-06-08 Thread Ferris McCormick
m a councilor, I really don't care what that is. I'll listen to what you want for future EAPIs, but I don't think it's council's job to decide. Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Dev

Re: [gentoo-dev] A few questions to our nominees

2008-06-08 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:38:17 + Ferris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:12:27 +0200 > "Piotr Jaroszyński" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Agenda [WAS: One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for June]

2008-06-19 Thread Ferris McCormick
These people are posionous [1]. > > Slightly ironic for me to suggest this, but... > > It is the gentoo-dev mailing list, restrict posting to gentoo devs > (i.e. only people with a @gentoo.org email address) would make a lot of > sense. > Not really. It's there for g

Re: [gentoo-dev] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-06-20 Thread Ferris McCormick
gt; I'm sure you could ask Freenode and the developer in question for on > > the record statements, if you're interested. > > > I'd be careful, that is potentially libellous. No, for two reasons. No one is named, and you can't libel anonymous. Also if it's tr

Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for July

2008-07-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
list must be > notified at least 14 days before the meeting itself. > > For more info on the Gentoo Council, feel free to browse our homepage: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/ Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (De

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: 0-day bump requests

2008-07-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
ge's maintainers) and > perhaps pasting ChangeLog or advisory info in a comment. > -- > gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > I doubt that this addresses what you are asking, but in case it is useful, Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) &l

Re: [gentoo-dev] Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for July

2008-07-09 Thread Ferris McCormick
nearly so traumatic to the system. I note that this is a minority view among those who have discussed this. Donnie, I don't know if that clarifies anything or just makes things more confusing. It's the best I can come up with. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <

Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal: Make developer profiles more difficult to select

2008-07-19 Thread Ferris McCormick
#x27;s not really meant as a joke. > -- > gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEY

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
he CoC or a major change to the CoC from last February, then all the more reason for someone to put it in the form of a GLEP just like any other consequential change. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for August 7

2008-08-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
nd maintain it, we in fact already have > something like this pointing at Freenode, it would be just a question > of updating that alias and updating our docs with it. It would > increase our independence from Freenode and make future network > switching much easier should we ever decide it

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

2008-08-07 Thread Ferris McCormick
Robin, Please for #gentoo-sparc Thanks and regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

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

2008-08-12 Thread Ferris McCormick
I guess, do what seems right and let us know what you did. The best way to do that is through a bug usually. You might not find us on IRC when you need us, and we probably won't read your mail. :) Sorry for not helping, Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] Resignation

2008-08-31 Thread Ferris McCormick
No, not from Gentoo. After some thought, for personal reasons I resign from devrel. It's been enjoyable, and all my best to the devrel team. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Descr

Re: [gentoo-dev] Remove global USE flag tetex

2008-09-02 Thread Ferris McCormick
ammer, Gentoo Lisp project > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/lisp/>, #gentoo-lisp on FreeNode > > http://www.faulhammer.org/> Hooray! Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Proposal for how to handle stable ebuilds

2008-11-11 Thread Ferris McCormick
useful > to the user and that he doesn't want broken, and we should behave > accordingly, but the triple emphasis of important, production, critical, > seemed a bit undue for the lengths to which an ordinary user goes or the > priority he reveals by his own actions. And i

Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for how to handle stable ebuilds

2008-11-11 Thread Ferris McCormick
thing should not go stable on sparc (more QA issues than functional ones). How, I wonder, would the variations here handle such a situation? I don't think this situation is unique because arch developers are sometimes going to have a different concept of "stable" than the package developers do. If this does not make sense, is off topic, or irrelevant feel free to ignore it. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] An official Gentoo wiki

2008-11-11 Thread Ferris McCormick
nity section, but I do find Wikipedia very useful even though I know it might be wrong. :) > -- > Mark Loeser > email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org > email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com > web - http://www.halcy0n.com Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44

Re: [gentoo-dev] app-admin/eselect needs YOUR help

2008-12-08 Thread Ferris McCormick
no management/ > > it turns out this is a problem in a number of other organizations; > hopefully Gentoo will get better at addressing them. > > -Alec > Interesting (and valid) point. Perhaps this argues for more (or more active) mamagement. > > > > Best regards, Wulf > Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Usage of cp -i to prevent overwriting upstream files

2009-01-20 Thread Ferris McCormick
s" [[ -e ${2} ]] && die "die target exists" How does the user recover from that? I would become irate if a build died without giving some useful indication the problem. > c) keep it restricted to java eclasses > d) something else > > Regards, > Petteri Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Usage of cp -i to prevent overwriting upstream files

2009-01-20 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 21:37 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: > Ferris McCormick wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 21:04 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: > >> Many times upstream Java projects don't include build.xml files or > >> proper build systems so we include build

Re: [gentoo-dev] Usage of cp -i to prevent overwriting upstream files

2009-01-20 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:50:47 +0100 Jan Kundrát wrote: > Ferris McCormick wrote: > > 'cp -i' will at least ask a question, and I find that marginally better > > --- it's confusing, but at least it says something. But it seems to me > > that if we hit this

[gentoo-dev] Fw: Invitación a Congreso de Software Libre y Tecnología Libre Republica Dominicana

2009-01-26 Thread Ferris McCormick
De js. Piña Calderón Abogado - Notario Telfs: (809)532-5479 (809)481-4912 -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) SeñoresFundacion Gentoo La comunidad seguidora de la filosofia del software libre, en Republica Dominicana,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Issues regarding glep-55 (Was: [gentoo-council] Re: Preliminary Meeting-Topics for 12 February 2009)

2009-02-24 Thread Ferris McCormick
package manager > perspective people have done it in the past and possibly still do do > it, and the spec doesn't forbid it. > For what it's worth, no eclass in the gentoo-x86/eclass tree sets EAPI. I don't know about anyplace else. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick

Re: [gentoo-dev] Collecting opinions about GLEP 55 and alternatives

2009-02-24 Thread Ferris McCormick
s is better than the glep 55 proposal??? > b) new subdirectory like ebuilds/ Yuch. > - we could drop extension all together so don't have to argue about > it any more > - more directory reads to get the list of ebuilds in a repository > c) .ebuild in current d

Re: [gentoo-dev] truecrypt licensing - bug #241650

2009-02-27 Thread Ferris McCormick
ng. > > Daniel Black > I'll look at it for the trustees in a bit. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: EAPI cheat sheet for your desktop

2009-03-31 Thread Ferris McCormick
this information available where I can find it in case I need it. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages

2009-04-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
it and install it (when we require the user to fetch the source). At one time, at least, the sun java distribution was like this, and as I said, I think there are others. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Retiring

2009-05-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
es. I am pretty sure that you are not the only > one > who's having those thoughts. I've been a developer a bit over 5 years. We know the problems and are working to fix them. > -- > Markos Chandras (hwoarang) > Gentoo Linux Developer [KDE/Qt/Sound/Sunrise]

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Retiring

2009-05-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
and that's > of course a decision you must make (recognizing that people do sometimes > need a time away, ideally to return refreshed and revitalized, ready to > take on new challenges), you did say you may be back if you see that some > of these issues have been addressed. Based on that

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Training points for users interested in helping out with ebuild development

2009-05-08 Thread Ferris McCormick
you could always do it over the phone. :) > It's good to know the requirements, including this one. Which is what I > was asking in the original post, is it or isn't it. Apparently, it is, > and anyone intending to become a developer can now deal with it as such. > -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Project summaries - SPARC team summary

2009-05-10 Thread Ferris McCormick
short term, we are in reasonable shape. Longer term, we need to recruit. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Gentoo Support Everywhere

2009-05-19 Thread Ferris McCormick
enough info in the post as- > is to do so. > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-762914.html > It's there for me if I should see Gentoo subforum in LinuxQuestions.org and a poll. > -- > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree prog

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: Accessibility on our release media

2009-05-23 Thread Ferris McCormick
for download over dialup. If that is correct, we are looking at 12.5 hours instead of 10 hours (about 25% increase, but 10 hours is a long time, and I don't know that 12.5 hours is subjectively that much longer). So, to answer William's original question, one way or another we should pr

Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: Accessibility on our release media

2009-05-23 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:12:17 -0500 Dale wrote: > Ferris McCormick wrote: > > > > If the 20MB is a real problem, I think the alternative is to have two > > versions of the "minimal CD". Otherwise it seems to me that Gentoo is > > discriminating against pe

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for May 28

2009-05-27 Thread Ferris McCormick
for the pm > support a certain eapi before requesting stable keywords for ebuilds > using the new eapi, Collect problems of EAPI development like > feature-freeze, late feature removals (due to implementation problems). > Eventually develop a lightweight EAPI development model. > > > Cheers, > Tiziano Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council Reminder for May 28

2009-05-28 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 12:46 +, Ferris McCormick wrote: > On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 20:57 +0200, Tiziano Müller wrote: > > This is your friendly reminder! Same bat time (typically the 2nd & 4th > > Thursdays at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel (#gentoo-council @ &

[gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council 2009/2010 - Nominations are now open

2009-06-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
I nominate: ssuominen armin76 Perhaps others later. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council 2009/2010 - Nominations are now open

2009-06-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
I knew I wasn't done. I also nominate: arfrever calchan -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Council 2009/2010 - Nominations are now open

2009-06-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
dev-z...@gentoo.org > GnuPG FP : F327 283A E769 2E36 18D5 4DE2 1B05 6A63 AE9C 1E30 Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re:[gentoo-dev] GLEP 55 Version 2

2009-06-08 Thread Ferris McCormick
e intent here is the latter, but it speaks of them interchangeably it seems. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] 2009 Council Elections

2009-06-26 Thread Ferris McCormick
ble to, but only developers should have commit access (actually, the trustees can request limited commit access to any Foundation trustee or officer, I believe). > > Cheers, > Ben Flames not required, Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] 2009 Council Elections

2009-06-28 Thread Ferris McCormick
session. Although under your 'what if' scenario, we have a council which does not take its responsibilities very seriously.) > Note: Other trustees may have a different view of the world > I'm sure we all have different views of the world. But I generally agree with wha

Re: [gentoo-dev] 2009 Council Elections

2009-06-29 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 23:53 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2009.06.28 23:14, Ferris McCormick wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:40:00 +0100

Re: [gentoo-dev] 2009 Council Elections

2009-06-29 Thread Ferris McCormick
l, never count on common sense. Elected people rarely have any. > If they do during the election, it disappears after taking their > position. I think the vast majority of people here have seen that over > the years. > > My $0.02 worth. > > Dale > > :-) :-) Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-council] A Little Council Reform Anyone?

2009-07-02 Thread Ferris McCormick
not to let you down. Unless you were one of > the ones who wanted to me lose. Then sorry, but I'm going to have fun > disappointing you, by doing what is best for Gentoo. > > If you have any ideas on how you think the council should function or > reform itself. Please start a new thread or email those who think will > listen to those ideas. I'm open for some real change as long as it's > for the the positive. > Thank you. > So lets have some damn fun again !...@#$ > Thanks. > > Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] What is a devrel bug?

2006-07-24 Thread Ferris McCormick
e prepared for a referral to the ombudsman or working with that particular devrel member's own eccentricities (e.g., if you ask me, be prepared for very long ("may I have 5 minutes please?") discussions on IRC; others prefer to work with email, etc.). If you are still with me, thank

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council polls now open

2006-08-10 Thread Ferris McCormick
s from council2005 are still around, and if someone can make them anonymous (convert names to something like C1, C2, etc.), I can take them and show what results STV would give, if you'd like a controlled test.) Anyone having better information than I have, please correct my mistakes here. &

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council polls now open

2006-08-10 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 21:11 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:03:26 +0000 Ferris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | So the "glue" is rather easy; problem is the specific balloting > | method. STV supports several protocols for selecting som

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Ferris McCormick
e line indication of just which system(s) I am reporting on. If people want more information, they can ask me or go to a summary page sparc maintains --- all my systems are described there. -- MfG, Matti Bickel Homepage: http://www.rateu.de Encrypted/Signed Email preferred Regards,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Council polls now open

2006-08-11 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 20:24 +, Ferris McCormick wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 21:11 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:03:26 +0000 Ferris McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > | So the "glue" is rather easy; problem is the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Democracy: No silver bullet

2006-08-24 Thread Ferris McCormick
o use such a process again, it should move fairly but more quickly. > Best regards, > Stu > -- > PS: Isn't it fascinating how different folks can live through the same > events, but end up with different perspectives on it? :) > Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] using -j1 with distcc?

2006-09-13 Thread Ferris McCormick
oid OO compiles enough it > wasn't something I ever got around to looking into :) > ~harring I don't see how it can be valid, especially ferringb's example. Enabling distcc doesn't mean the build will distribute; only that the possibility is there. If you happen

Re: [gentoo-dev] Changes in Developer Relations and log of devrel meeting

2006-10-04 Thread Ferris McCormick
rivate as the exception. This doesn't mean we always observe said "policy", but we are aware of the issues. For example, I refer you to ribosome's observation in the log at 20:57 and kloeri's followup at 20:57 -- 58. I should emphasize that I am speaking as an individual

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Gentoo Commitfests

2006-10-20 Thread Ferris McCormick
fingerprint: E1A5 1C9C 93FE F430 C1D6 F2AF 806B A2E4 19F4 AE05 --[PinePGP]--------[end]-- Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Gentoo Commitfests

2006-10-21 Thread Ferris McCormick
encouraging people to commit broken stuff. How exactly does it do that? Thanks, Donnie I thought I responded to rour mail, but it seems not to have gottten through. I like youru idea. Let's try it. Regards, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Gentoo Commitfests

2006-10-23 Thread Ferris McCormick
or raining on your parade; I have some sort of flu and am passing it on. Regards, Feerris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5-ecc0.1.6 (

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Gentoo Commitfests

2006-10-23 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I spelled my name wrong. Bad keyboard, but that's tacky. Apologies, Ferris - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5-ecc0.1.6

Re: [gentoo-dev] Only you can prevent broken portage trees

2006-10-30 Thread Ferris McCormick
here are nobody even > using these specific ebuilds that are proposed for removal. > Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Only you can prevent broken portage trees

2006-10-31 Thread Ferris McCormick
the problem on the bug, but obviously will not keyword the "fixed" version, and we need the old version until the package maintainer corrects the problem. Thus, we have no control over any 5 month, 6 month, forever rule. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[gentoo-dev] xelatex --- Can't load fontspec (no [EMAIL PROTECTED])

2006-11-03 Thread Ferris McCormick
double "" because otherwise, xelatex stops scanning at the space and tries to load Charis (not "Charis SIL").) Hope this is of interest, Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) --- texmf/tex/xelate

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages for grabs

2007-01-01 Thread Ferris McCormick
> -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list I can also help with sqlite if no one else can (i.e., I can help Seemant with it). - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6-ecc01.6 (

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-dev vs lkml?

2007-03-14 Thread Ferris McCormick
d kloeri called it blackmail. Whatever you call it, in business, issuing such an ultimatum is one of the quickest ways to become unemployed. > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list Regards, - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gent

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-dev vs lkml?

2007-03-15 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 00:35 +, George Prowse wrote: > Ferris McCormick wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:30:32 -0500 > > Steev Klimaszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-dev vs lkml?

2007-03-15 Thread Ferris McCormick
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 14:44 +, George Prowse wrote: > Ferris McCormick wrote: > > > >>>> > >>> As I recall, flameeyes made the statement to kloeri, and kloeri called > >>> it blackmail. Whatever you call it, in business, issuing such a

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] Tears of unfathomable sorrow

2007-04-07 Thread Ferris McCormick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Regards, - -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6-ecc01.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGF54eQa6M3+I///cRAnnyAJoCc6GDKmT1OzOf/qdEIBIoKCpzQgCgtl2Y qCFW0a7Qw2ye+Mp0h

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New metastructure proposal

2007-04-13 Thread Ferris McCormick
nage to maintain this spirit > in the years to come. > > AfC > Bangalore > Thanks for the kind words; positive posts are always welcome. :) I believe it is very much our intent to "maintain this spirit [of co-operation]". Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] EAPI 1 (Was: Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for April)

2007-04-13 Thread Ferris McCormick
l topic at hand. For src_test I see things this way. > Welcome back to the real (Gentoo, that is) world. :) Good summary of the situation, I think (although I've snipped it since everyone's read it once.) --- snip --- > Just my 2 cents... > > --Dan Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-dev] Resignation

2007-04-17 Thread Ferris McCormick
anything you like. > lu > > -- > > Luca Barbato > > Gentoo/linux Gentoo/PPC > http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero > Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

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