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Vapier: |
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>>>so we're pushing for 2.0.51 to get out of rc and into final ? |
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Carpaski: |
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>> I'm looking at it for the end of this week. Only one tiny bug |
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>> left of which we are aware. (rsync being dumb) |
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Ramereth: |
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> I know I'm being picky and what not, but could it be possible |
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> to have an email sent to -dev detailing the major changes |
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> between .50 and .51? |
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/var/cache/edb/virtuals is gone. It's calculated from the tree. |
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Users can affect portage via /etc/portage/virtuals, but it is |
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probably not going to be used/needed by 99.9% of users. |
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WORLD HAS MOVED. It's in /var/lib/portage/world now. Should |
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something bad happen, all reasonably recent versions of portage |
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have /usr/lib/portage/bin/regenworld which can rebuild it. |
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Lockfiles are created for a lot of things now. Parallel instances |
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of fetching and merging are fine at this point. We have to add |
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in locks on the working directories and then portage should have |
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no more self-destructive phases. |
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FEATURES="candy" makes the spinner cooler. :-p |
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Profiles have a package.mask for ARCHITECTURE related masking. |
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There must be an explicitly defined reason for using this file |
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in any particular way. It is NOT a general-use file. It is for |
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specific instances that involve incompatibilities between libs |
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and specific profiles. |
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For rsync users: 'emerge metadata' rebuilds the cache from the |
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pre-generated cache. This is useful after portage updates and |
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webrsync as the cache is invalidated. This is the process at |
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the tail end of a 'sync' operation. |
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A lot of lockup and circular code issues are resolved now. |
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Cascading profiles work as everyone has decided they should. |
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Random exceptions are cleaned up. Errors should be reported |
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slightly better than before. |
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Update based on useflag changes: emerge -uD --newuse world -pv |
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Initial GPG verification support. |
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Better blocker handling. (Consequently more blockers) |
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Passive/Active FTP is a configurable option for binary downloads. |
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Profile bashrc. |
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That covers the most recent 650 lines of the changelog. Most of |
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the rest is cleanup from 2.0.50. |
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Questions? |
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#gentoo-portage |
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gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o |
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--NJ |
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