RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

Sometimes there are very simple things we can do to make arch
developers' life easier. For example, when stabilizing multiple packages
it's very helpful to post a snippet that can be copy-pasted to
package.keywords, like in those bugs:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322791
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329703

I'd like to suggest that all multiple-package stabilization bugs follow
that convention. What do you think?

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

Le lundi 14 février 2011 Ã* 13:30 +0100, "PaweÅ‚ Hajdan, Jr." a écrit :
> Sometimes there are very simple things we can do to make arch
> developers' life easier. For example, when stabilizing multiple packages
> it's very helpful to post a snippet that can be copy-pasted to
> package.keywords, like in those bugs:
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322791
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329703
>
> I'd like to suggest that all multiple-package stabilization bugs follow
> that convention. What do you think?
>

gnome herd does provide a similar list with arches list as well.
Arches can then do cat gnome.list |egrep "myarch" | cut -f1 -d' ' and
they only get the set they should work on.

--
Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org>
Gentoo

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

Il giorno lun, 14/02/2011 alle 14.49 +0100, Gilles Dartiguelongue ha
scritto:
> Arches can then do cat gnome.list |egrep "myarch" | cut -f1 -d' ' and
> they only get the set they should work on.

awk '/myarch/ { print $1 }' gnome.list

Just sayin' ;)

--
Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes
http://blog.flameeyes.eu/

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

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Dne 14.2.2011 14:49, Gilles Dartiguelongue napsal(a):
> Le lundi 14 février 2011 Ã* 13:30 +0100, "PaweÅ‚ Hajdan, Jr." a écrit :
>> Sometimes there are very simple things we can do to make arch
>> developers' life easier. For example, when stabilizing multiple packages
>> it's very helpful to post a snippet that can be copy-pasted to
>> package.keywords, like in those bugs:
>>
>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322791
>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329703
>>
>> I'd like to suggest that all multiple-package stabilization bugs follow
>> that convention. What do you think?
>>
>
> gnome herd does provide a similar list with arches list as well.
> Arches can then do cat gnome.list |egrep "myarch" | cut -f1 -d' ' and
> they only get the set they should work on.
>
Same does x11 team...
Example:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354237

I think this does not need any policy, most teams can use brains and
fill the bugs quite conveniently :)

Tom
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RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

2011/2/14 Tomáš Chvátal <scarabeus@gentoo.org>:
> Dne 14.2.2011 14:49, Gilles Dartiguelongue napsal(a):
> Same does x11 team...
> Example:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354237
>
> I think this does not need any policy, most teams can use brains and
> fill the bugs quite conveniently :)
>

In related news, there's a nice script to generate such a list:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=blob;f=scripts/gen_archlist.py

It will assign a stable keyword for an arch if and only if an earlier
version was stable for that package.

Usage: ./gen_archlist.py <file_with_all_atoms>

to check the dependencies recursively and generate a list:

CHECK_DEPS=1 ./gen_archlist.py <file_with_atoms>

Examples of files with atoms:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=tree;f=scripts/test-data

Bugs:

* Only works for generating STABLEREQ lists. KEYWORDREQ is broken (and
I'm too lazy to fix it)

CHECK_DEPS bugs:

* If there's an || dep, selects both for stabilization
* Does not handle the case where use-flags are package.use.masked on
some arch other than the one you're running the script on
- Script logic is fundamentally broken for this
* Can duplicate atoms sometimes (happens when more than one version
gets pulled in by a dependency)

Patches for fixing these bugs are welcome :p

PS: yes, I know the script's logic is extremely spaghetti. It works
for most cases, so I never rewrote it.

--
~Nirbheek Chauhan

Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

On 2/14/11 3:07 PM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
> Same does x11 team...
> Example:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354237
>
> I think this does not need any policy, most teams can use brains and
> fill the bugs quite conveniently :)

Well, that's the entire point. For the bug you cited, and - for another
example - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353434 I can't just
copy-paste something to my package.keywords file.

The table is indeed pretty, and it has value, but I'm just asking for a
bit more convenience.

One more time, the good examples are:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322791
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329703

Citing part of good example inline:

> Stabilization list for x86:
> ===========================
>
> =media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.29
>
> =media-libs/gst-plugins-base-0.10.29
> =media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.29
> =media-plugins/gst-plugins-cdparanoia-0.10.29

And citing part of *bad* example inline:

> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.2.1 alpha amd64 arm ppc ppc64 s390 x86
> media-libs/mesa-7.9.1 alpha amd64 arm ppc ppc64 x86

The *good* example can be copy-pasted to package.keywords with no
editing. The *bad* examples requires some editing, and while it can be
automated, there are different formatting conventions, etc etc so IMHO
it's not really feasible.

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

On 2/14/11 9:13 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> And http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349053#c1 ? I tried to
> provide a clue howto get usable p.keywords list easy.

IMHO it's in the middle. I still have to do a manual step, but at least
it's pretty straightforward. Anyway, I think a list that can be blindly
copy-pasted makes things even easier.

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

On 02/14/2011 07:52 PM, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote:
> On 2/14/11 3:07 PM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
>> Same does x11 team...
>> Example:
>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354237
>>
>> I think this does not need any policy, most teams can use brains and
>> fill the bugs quite conveniently :)
>
> Well, that's the entire point. For the bug you cited, and - for another
> example - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353434 I can't just
> copy-paste something to my package.keywords file.
>
> The table is indeed pretty, and it has value, but I'm just asking for a
> bit more convenience.
>
> One more time, the good examples are:
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322791
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329703
>
> Citing part of good example inline:
>
>> Stabilization list for x86:
>> ===========================
>>
>> =media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.29
>>
>> =media-libs/gst-plugins-base-0.10.29
>> =media-plugins/gst-plugins-alsa-0.10.29
>> =media-plugins/gst-plugins-cdparanoia-0.10.29
>
> And citing part of *bad* example inline:
>
>> app-admin/eselect-opengl-1.2.1 alpha amd64 arm ppc ppc64 s390 x86
>> media-libs/mesa-7.9.1 alpha amd64 arm ppc ppc64 x86
>
> The *good* example can be copy-pasted to package.keywords with no
> editing. The *bad* examples requires some editing, and while it can be
> automated, there are different formatting conventions, etc etc so IMHO
> it's not really feasible.
>

And http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349053#c1 ? I tried to
provide a clue howto get usable p.keywords list easy.

- Samuli

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

Le lundi 14 février 2011 Ã* 19:19 +0100, "PaweÅ‚ Hajdan, Jr." a écrit :
> On 2/14/11 9:13 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> > And http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349053#c1 ? I tried to
> > provide a clue howto get usable p.keywords list easy.
>
> IMHO it's in the middle. I still have to do a manual step, but at least
> it's pretty straightforward. Anyway, I think a list that can be blindly
> copy-pasted makes things even easier.
>

I don't think making a list for each arch is going to make anything any
easier for maintainers requesting stabilization, which means those list
we need more time to generate before being released. You just move the
problem to another place.

--
Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@gentoo.org>
Gentoo

RFC: package.keywords-compatible snippets when stabilizing multiple packages
 

W dniu 14.02.2011 18:52, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." pisze:
> On 2/14/11 3:07 PM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
>> Same does x11 team...
>> Example:
>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354237
>>
>> I think this does not need any policy, most teams can use brains and
>> fill the bugs quite conveniently :)
>
> Well, that's the entire point. For the bug you cited, and - for another
> example - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353434 I can't just
> copy-paste something to my package.keywords file.
>
> The table is indeed pretty, and it has value, but I'm just asking for a
> bit more convenience.

bugz attachment 262031 -v | grep ' ppc ' | awk '{print "="$1}' - >>
/mnt/ppc32/etc/portage/package.keywords

bugz attachment 262031 -v | grep ' ppc64 ' | awk '{print "="$1}' - >>
/mnt/ppc64/etc/portage/package.keywords

Erhm, how more convinient it can be?
Cheers,
Kacper