Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCHES] kernel-2.eclass: Various changes requested by users. + [STABLEREQ?] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.7: Any objections against stabilizing?
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:04:19
Message-Id: CAN3AtvrauKDP4ApSN6kB+TjwTmXxHWZUqT9vMhGjrKNAyPojGw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCHES] kernel-2.eclass: Various changes requested by users. + [STABLEREQ?] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.8.7: Any objections against stabilizing? by Tom Wijsman
1 On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote:
2 > Hello everyone
3 >
4 >
5 > Attached you will find the various changes I plan to apply to
6 > kernel-2.eclass after a week if there are no objections, feel free to
7 > take a look at them. A summary of the changes:
8 >
9 > - Added a warning after the variables that modifying other variables in
10 > the eclass is not supported, there is a chance that we will not fix
11 > resulting bugs. Fixes bug #421721.
12
13 Why?
14 Just to annoy people who have successfully used kernel-2.eclass until
15 now, and in my case for half a decade (or even more)?
16 If you need help with maintaining the current eclass functionality,
17 I'd be more than happy. I don't really want to fork it myself :-).
18
19 >
20 [..]
21 >
22 > - Kernel sources and (gen)patches now use xz instead of bz2. Fixes bug
23 > #421721.
24
25 As I said in the bug, next time you plan a migration like that, it
26 would be nice to send an heads up on the ML beforehand.
27 Like you did in this case, but actually, _beforehand_ and not ~one month later.
28
29 [...]
30
31 >
32 > Have a nice day. :)
33 >
34 > --
35 > With kind regards,
36 >
37 > Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
38 > Gentoo Developer
39 >
40 > E-mail address : TomWij@g.o
41 > GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D
42 > GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
43
44
45
46 --
47 Fabio Erculiani

Replies