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Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG <at> verizon.net> writes: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 18:16:36 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote: |
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> >> my package.use -fu is minimal. =\ |
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> > I thought you'd been using Gentoo for ten years? |
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> >> What is the exact line I need to add to the pile of hacks, and |
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> >> workarounds in that file? |
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> > kde-base/baloo minimal |
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> I treat package.use as a last resort because, over the long haul it |
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> tends to fuck things up and is difficult to maintain. Whenever possible, |
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> I solve all issues with ufed. |
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> I didn't think it was possible to set a package like that, I thought it |
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> had to be something stupid like: |
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> >=kde-base/baloo-1.0 |
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> or something, which I think it had to be at one point in time. or |
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> something to target the kde4 version and not the kde 5 version, or some |
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> other ninjitsu. |
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Hello Leon_nardo (Alan Grimes) |
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I just went back through your postings:: you are one hard headed dude. |
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Here is some clarity I think might help you if you willing to 'marinate' |
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on the advice a while. |
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YOU should not be running KDE. WE all know it's a conspriracy right out |
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of the aliens that inhabit the Berlin underground:: danger! |
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You can have QT(5) your way, it's call LXQT. The purpose of KDE is to |
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assimilate folks into QT, the KDE way. Clearly you are not so bane. |
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Second. Go to the gentoo-dev mailing list archive and find the thread |
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on 'lazy flags'. Therein are many snippets of how to modernize the entire |
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environment on flags. You are not alone in your frustration concerning |
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flags. Moving forward on the updated 'advanced-complex logic' that is |
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espoused in the the lazy-flags dev discussion, is mutually agreed to as |
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being a wonderful idea. However there does seem to be a lack of group |
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commitment and defensible ideals of constructs for advanced-complex logic. |
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Since you are so firmly rooted in your convictions, and have quite a lot of |
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contempt for the status quo, that the bright slackers on this list seem to |
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be content to live with; this is a wonderful opportunity for you to provide |
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leadership on advanced logic related to flags and auto-update scripts. |
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The gentoo-devs will welcome your keen insight, your wit and your ability to |
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toss verbal barbs, with the best of them. Seriously, you'll find an |
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environment where guys that code, before breakfast, will feed you all the |
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rope you need to get your gentoo derivative distro going. I think that is |
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what you need:: explore lazy flags, implement your vision, and create |
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your own gentoo distro. You would not be the first and you'd always be most |
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welcome to steal any and all codes from gentoo proper to keep your vision |
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alive. I'm so sorry that these older-and-wiser-conservative folks on this |
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list keep holding you back. |
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PS, drop us a line when your gentoo(ish) distro goes 1.0, I'm sure we all |
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want to test it out. OH, and there is even now a really cool app (from the |
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good KDE folks) that makes it very easy to package up your distro for |
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installation:: Calamares-2.1 [1] |
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[1] https://calamares.io/ |
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hth, |
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James |
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