Gentoo Council 2010-07-26 meeting agenda / summary: *** meeting outcome marked with "->" *** * allow all members to show up (5 min) -> betelgeuse here -> chainsaw missing (1st absence) -> ferringb here, left after an hour (before ML discussion) -> halcy0n missing (1st absence) -> jmbsvicetto here -> scarabeus here -> wired here ** vote ** add --as-needed to default profile's LDFLAGS -> passed (unanimous vote) scarabeus will create a news item, ssuominen already pushed the actual change :D ** discuss / vote ** * required-use: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ferringb/required-use.html -> accepted by all members * review eclass removal policy should it be 2 years since portage 2.1.4.4 went stable? -> all members agreed on removing the 2 year policy -> QA will write a devmanual patch with a 30+ minimum lastrite period for eclass removals * should there a policy about eclass API changes? -> we didn't reach a decision here, talk will continue in the mailing lists * use of invalid DEPEND atom "EAPI_TOO_OLD" instead of calling die in global scope on eclasses http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_dee3aab5e8c840ed3fa4add9c7d74b97.xml and replies -> the council opted for calling die instead of using the invalid DEPEND and required a patch to devmanual and PMS (ferring will do the devmanual patch) * mailing lists should we post council agenda to -council? -dev? -project? Some devs suggest we should cross-post to -dev and -council but not everyone likes cross-posting as it can lead to fragmentation. Petteri suggested punting -council and using -project instead -> there was a vote on punting -council that ended in a 2-2 tie (ferringb had left) jmbsvicetto and wired voted against, betelgeuse and scarabeus voted in favor -> discussion will be continued in the mailing lists * go through bugs assigned to council@g.o http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=assignedto,cc:council@gentoo.org bug #234706 -> ask Halcy0n if he wants to resume work on this bug bug #256451 -> ask ferringb if he still wants to do it bug #256453 -> wired will take care of this bug #237381 -> jmbsvicetto will take care of this * open floor: listen to developers -> no input... -> scarabeus will chair the next meeting