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On 21 April 2013 22:59, Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:53:28 +0800 |
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> Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On 19 April 2013 21:30, Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:16:32 +0000 (UTC) |
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> > > "Ben de Groot (yngwin)" <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > > > Index: package.mask |
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> > > > =================================================================== |
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> > > > RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask,v |
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> > > > retrieving revision 1.14667 |
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> > > > retrieving revision 1.14668 |
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> > > > diff -u -r1.14667 -r1.14668 |
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> > > > --- package.mask 19 Apr 2013 06:20:50 -0000 1.14667 |
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> > > > +++ package.mask 19 Apr 2013 09:16:32 -0000 1.14668 |
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> > > [...] |
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> > > > @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ |
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> > > > # Non-maintainer ebuild with experimental multilib features |
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> > > > # masked for further testing |
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> > > > =media-libs/freetype-2.4.11-r2 |
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> > > > +=media-libs/fontconfig-2.10.2-r1 |
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> > > > |
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> > > Is there any real reason behind this mask I may have missed ? |
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> > This ebuild, with multilib features, was committed without my consent, |
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> > while I am the de facto maintainer of freetype and fontconfig (other |
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> > devs in fonts herd are inactive). I don't want to deal with bug |
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> > reports because of this. |
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> Fair enough, but there is a lack of coordination there (who started the |
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> mess is irrelevant), leaving as only choices: unmask ft/fc or mask a |
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> good part of the multilib x11 stuff. The current situation is broken. |
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I agree it is broken. I'm trying to do my part for the packages I maintain. |
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In my opinion all the recent multilib stuff should be masked, but I don't |
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maintain those other (x11) packages. So you may want to handle it in |
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a different way. |
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> I suppose you talked with Michal about this and couldn't reach an |
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> agreement, like him joining the fonts herd, or at least the mail alias |
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> to monitor ft/fc bugs. |
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> If you want I can join the fonts herd also, I already have a foot in |
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> there for some small packages used within texlive anyway. |
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We could certainly use a hand in fonts herd. Most members have |
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left or are on extended non-active status. It's just lu_zero (and I am |
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not sure how active he is wrt fonts packages, but it certainly doesn't |
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cover freetype and fontconfig) and me. |
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> And I'd rather see this developed in an overlay instead, as I have |
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> > said before. We also need more consensus on this multilib approach |
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> > before I am happy to support this. |
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> I believe we reached consensus last time. Also, I believe we are at the |
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> step "it is mature enough to give it a wide ~arch testing"; otherwise |
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> we may just repeat multilib-portage history and have it in an overlay |
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> for several years to never give it wide adoption in the end. |
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Maybe I missed something, but I haven't seen anything like that. |
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Can you point me to those discussions? |
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Cheers, |
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Ben | yngwin |
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Gentoo developer |
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Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin |