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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review] amd64 17.1 profiles are now stable
Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 10:49:03
Message-Id: 7015014457fcc81db8539b3c7e5f9fc73d2e5a48.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [News item review] amd64 17.1 profiles are now stable by Roy Bamford
1 On Sun, 2019-05-19 at 11:35 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote:
2 > On 2019.05.19 07:59, Michał Górny wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > As discussed during the Council meeting, I'm sending an updated news
6 > > item for 17.1 profile migration. This item will be published along
7 > > with
8 > > the profiles being marked stable, and the old one will be removed.
9 > >
10 > > Besides removing all references to the profiles being 'experimental',
11 > > I've reformatted and updated the text to be a little more clear about
12 > > the new design.
13 > >
14 > > ---
15 > > Title: amd64 17.1 profiles are now stable
16 > > Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
17 > > Posted: 2019-05-xx
18 > > Revision: 1
19 > > News-Item-Format: 2.0
20 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0
21 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/selinux
22 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop
23 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome
24 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome/systemd
25 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/plasma
26 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/plasma/systemd
27 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/developer
28 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-multilib
29 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/systemd
30 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0
31 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/selinux
32 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened
33 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened/selinux
34 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop
35 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/gnome
36 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/gnome/systemd
37 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/plasma
38 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/plasma/systemd
39 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/developer
40 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib
41 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/hardened
42 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/hardened/selinux
43 > > Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/17.0/systemd
44 > >
45 > > A new set of 17.1 amd64 profiles has been added to the Gentoo
46 > > repository in Dec 2017. These profiles switch to a more standard
47 > > 'no SYMLINK_LIB' multilib layout,
48 >
49 > [snip]
50 >
51 > > For more information on the layout, please see the wiki article
52 > > on AMD64 multilib layouts [2].
53 > >
54 > > [1]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/506276
55 > > [2]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:AMD64/Multilib_layout
56 > >
57 > > --
58 > > Best regards,
59 > > Michał Górny
60 > >
61 > >
62 > >
63 > >
64 > >
65 >
66 > Team,
67 >
68 > "These profiles switch to a more standard 'no SYMLINK_LIB' multilib"
69 > layout,
70 >
71 > Does that mean that no migration action is required by /no-multilib/ users?
72 > I notice that no-multilib users will get the news item.
73 >
74
75 IIRC a migration is necessary as our standard profiles still created
76 the lib symlink. The only difference is that you don't need to perform
77 the actions prefixed by 'if you are running a multilib profile'.
78
79 --
80 Best regards,
81 Michał Górny