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On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 09:50:24 +0000 |
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> Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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> |
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>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Michael Palimaka <kensington@g.o> wrote: |
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>> > Hi all, |
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>> > |
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>> > With regards to bug #304435[1], we would like to formalise the policy for |
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>> > touching arch profiles' files. |
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>> > |
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>> > The key suggested points: |
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>> > |
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>> > * Archs profiles should generally only be touched by members of that arch |
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>> > team, unless prior permission is given |
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>> > |
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>> > * Exception: anyone may add a mask to an arch profile only if |
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>> > - it delays visibility of something new for that arch (eg. |
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>> > dependencies introduced in a version bump), and |
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>> > - it is not reasonable to follow the standard keyword dropping |
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>> > procedure (many other packages would be affected), and |
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>> > - the responsible arch team is not responsive |
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>> > |
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>> > * The person touching arch profiles is responsible for the subsequent |
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>> > maintenance of said entries, and any subsequent breakage. |
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>> > |
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>> > Thoughts? |
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>> > |
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>> > Best regards, |
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>> > Michael |
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>> > |
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>> > [1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304435 |
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>> > |
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>> |
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>> As Tommy[D] pointed out in IRC, developers are free(wrong word?) to |
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>> touch package.use.mask for their packages but they should get an ACK |
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>> for use.mask or just tell arches to do it on their behalf. This is an |
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>> addition to what you have already said above. |
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> |
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> What about eclass-wide USE_EXPAND flags? I have recently added masks to |
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> the PYTHON_TARGETS for Python implementation not being keyworded on |
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> particular arches. |
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> |
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> With the exception of hppa which explicitly says its use.mask shouldn't |
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> be touched without permission, and now I can't enable pypy on flaggie |
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> because that arch is slacking. Great, isn't it? |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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As Michael already said on the very first post on this thread, you are |
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free to touch the file is arch is slacking. |
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-- |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 |
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