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diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-02-02-nfs-service-changes/2015-02-02-nfs-service-changes.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-02-02-nfs-service-changes/2015-02-02-nfs-service-changes.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7e1b2be650ca..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-02-02-nfs-service-changes/2015-02-02-nfs-service-changes.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -Title: nfs service changes -Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-02-02 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: <=net-fs/nfs-utils-1.3.1-r1 - -The upgrade to nfs-utils-1.3.1-r1 includes significant service changes -both for OpenRC and systemd users. - -OpenRC users: - -The OpenRC service which handled mounting nfs file systems has been -changed to only start the nfs client daemons and renamed to nfsclient. -Because of this change, if you use OpenRC and mount nfs file systems, -you need to perform the following steps: - -Add nfsclient to the runlevel nfsmount was in before. For example, if -nfsmount was in the default runlevel, run this command: - -rc-update add nfsclient default - -If you use a permanent network connection to the server, make sure -netmount is in the same runlevel as nfsclient. If not, it is recommended -that net-fs/autofs be set up to handle your network mounts. - -Systemd users: - -The nfs systemd units have been renamed. If you are exporting nfs -mounts, you should enable the rpcbind and nfs-server services. If you -are mounting nfs mounts systemd should automatically detect this and -start the nfs-client service. - -More Information: - -The following wiki page has more information about nfs file systems: - -http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/NFSv4 diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-02-04-portage-sync-changes/2015-02-04-portage-sync-changes.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-02-04-portage-sync-changes/2015-02-04-portage-sync-changes.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index aeff021602be..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-02-04-portage-sync-changes/2015-02-04-portage-sync-changes.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -Title: New portage plug-in sync system -Author: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-02-02 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: <sys-apps/portage-2.3.62 - -There is a new plug-in sync system in >=sys-apps/portage-2.2.16. -This system will allow third party modules to be easily installed. Look -for a new layman plug-in sync module in layman's next release. Next is -a brief look at the changes. See the url [1] listed below for detailed -descriptions and usage. - -Changes: /etc/portage/repos.conf/* - New setting for all repository types (needed): - auto-sync = yes/no, true/false # default if absent: yes/true - - New for git sync-type: (applies to clone only) - sync-depth = n where n = {0,1,2,3,...} (optional, default = 1) - 0 -- full history - 1 -- shallow clone, only current state (default) - 2,3,... number of history changes to download - - New sync-type modules: - sync-type = svn # sync a subversion repository - sync-type = websync # Perform an emerge-webrsync operation - sync-type = laymanator # (if installed) runs a layman -s action - - New native portage postsync hooks - /etc/portage/postsync.d/* - Runs hooks once, only after all repos have been synced. - /etc/portage/repo.postsync.d/* - Runs each script with three arguments: - repo name, sync-uri, location - Each script is run at the completion of every repo synced. - -Migration: - Edit /etc/portage/repos.conf/*.conf files, add the auto-sync option - to each repository definition. Edit sync-type option to one of the - supported types {rsync, git, cvs, svn, websync, laymanator}. - [some-repo] - ... - sync-type = rsync - auto-sync = yes - - For an existing /etc/portage/repos.conf/layman.conf file: - 1) change/add the sync-type - sync-type = laymanator - 2) Ensure you have the correct layman version installed with - it's laymanator module also installed. - Alternate method: - Please see the wiki page url [1] for detailed instructions. - -Primary control of all sync operations has been moved from emerge to -emaint. "emerge --sync" now just calls the emaint sync module with the ---auto option. The --auto option performs a sync on only those -repositories with the auto-sync setting not set to 'no' or 'false'. If -it is absent, then it will default to yes and "emerge --sync" will sync -the repository. - -NOTE: As a result of the default auto-sync = True/Yes setting, commands - like "eix-sync", "esync -l", "emerge --sync && layman -S" will cause - many repositories to be synced multiple times in a row. Please edit - your configs or scripts to adjust for the new operation. - -WARNING: - Due to the above default. For any repos that you EXPLICITLY do not - want to be synced. You MUST set "auto-sync = no" - -The 'emaint sync' module operates similar to layman. It can sync -single or multiple repos. See "emaint --help" or for more details and -examples see the wiki page listed below [1]. - -Additional help and project API documentation can be found at: - -[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-04-06-apache-addhandler-addtype/2015-04-06-apache-addhandler-addtype.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-04-06-apache-addhandler-addtype/2015-04-06-apache-addhandler-addtype.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f90d09191dee..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-04-06-apache-addhandler-addtype/2015-04-06-apache-addhandler-addtype.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -Title: Apache AddHandler/AddType exploit protection -Author: Sebastian Pipping <sping@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-04-06 -Revision: 2 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: www-servers/apache - -Apache's directives AddHandler [1] and AddType [2] can be used -to map certain file name extensions (e.g. .php) to a handler -(e.g. application/x-httpd-php). While a line like - - AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .php5 .phtml - ^^^^^^^ -matches index.php, it also matches index.php.png. -With - - AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php5 .phtml - ^^^^ -index.php.png is not executed, but index.php.disabled still is. - - -Apache's notes on multiple file extensions [3] document -a multi-language website as a context where that behavior -may be helpful. Unfortunately, it can also be a security threat. - -Combined with (not just PHP) applications that support -file upload, the AddHandler/AddType directive can get you into -remote code execution situations. - -That is why >=app-eselect/eselect-php-0.7.1-r4 avoids AddHandler -and is shipping - - <FilesMatch "\.(php|php5|phtml)$"> - SetHandler application/x-httpd-php - </FilesMatch> - -instead. - - -Why this news entry? - - * Since Apache configuration lives below /etc, - you need to run etc-update (or a substitute) - to actually have related fixes applied. - To get them into the running instance of Apache, - you need to make it reload its configuration, e.g. - - sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload - - * If you are currently relying on AddHandler to execute - secret_database_stuff.php.inc, moving away from AddHandler - could result in serving your database credentials in plain - text. A command like - - find /var/www/ -name '*.php.*' \ - -o -name '*.php5.*' \ - -o -name '*.phtml.*' - - may help discovering PHP files that would no longer be executed. - - Shipping automatic protection for this scenario is not trivial, - but you could manually install protection based on this recipe: - - <FilesMatch "\.(php|php5|phtml|phps)\."> - # a) Apache 2.2 / Apache 2.4 + mod_access_compat - #Order Deny,Allow - #Deny from all - - # b) Apache 2.4 + mod_authz_core - #Require all denied - - # c) Apache 2.x + mod_rewrite - #RewriteEngine on - #RewriteRule .* - [R=404,L] - </FilesMatch> - - * You may be using AddHandler or AddType in other places, - including off-package files. Please have a look. - - * app-eselect/eselect-php is not the only package affected. - There is a dedicated tracker bug at [4]. - As of the moment, affected packages include: - - app-eselect/eselect-php[apache2] - net-nds/gosa-core - www-apache/mod_fastcgi - www-apache/mod_flvx - www-apache/mod_python - www-apache/mod_suphp - www-apps/moinmoin - www-apps/rt[-lighttpd] - - -Thanks to Nico Suhl, Michael Orlitzky and Marc Schiffbauer. - -[1] https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler -[2] https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype -[3] https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#multipleext -[4] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=544560 diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-05-01-shorewall-changes/2015-05-01-shorewall-changes.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-05-01-shorewall-changes/2015-05-01-shorewall-changes.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 08d1cdbf1bb4..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-05-01-shorewall-changes/2015-05-01-shorewall-changes.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -Title: shorewall is now a single package -Author: Ian Delaney <idella4@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-05-01 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: net-firewall/shorewall-core -Display-If-Installed: net-firewall/shorewall6 -Display-If-Installed: net-firewall/shorewall-lite -Display-If-Installed: net-firewall/shorewall6-lite -Display-If-Installed: net-firewall/shorewall-init - -Starting with net-firewall/shorewall-4.6 we have re-integrated - - - net-firewall/shorewall-core - - net-firewall/shorewall6 - - net-firewall/shorewall-lite - - net-firewall/shorewall6-lite - - net-firewall/shorewall-init - -into a new all-in-one net-firewall/shorewall ebuild (see bug 522278). - -The new all-in-one ebuild makes maintenance a lot more easier because the -package is proxy-maintained and finding someone who is willing to help -you bumping 6 packages each time you provide an update was not easy in -the past. - -Because net-firewall/shorewall{-core,6,-lite,6-lite,init} is now -integrated in net-firewall/shorewall, we have to hard mask these old -ebuilds in the new monolithic ebuild to prevent file collisions. - -Due to this block we cannot migrate to the new version without user -interaction. Please remove the previous split ebuilds from your system if -you want to upgrade: - - $ emerge --ask --unmerge 'net-firewall/shorewall-*' \ - 'net-firewall/shorewall6*' - - -Please note: -Since the second shorewall-4.6 ebuild is now stabilized and shorewall-4.5 -is not compatible with the perl-5.20 (see bug 524558) we will start the -removal process for shorewall-4.5 ebuilds within the next 30 days. diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-06-08-udev-init-scripts-changes/2015-06-08-udev-init-scripts-changes.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-06-08-udev-init-scripts-changes/2015-06-08-udev-init-scripts-changes.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5ab36d74f995..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-06-08-udev-init-scripts-changes/2015-06-08-udev-init-scripts-changes.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -Title: udev-init-scripts-29 important changes -Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-06-08 -Revision: 2 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: <=sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-29 - -In udev-init-scripts-29 and newer, the udev service script has been -split into udev, udev-settle and udev-trigger. - -This means the settings in /etc/conf.d/udev have also been migrated -to the appropriate /etc/conf.d files, so be careful when you update your -configuration settings. - -udev and udev-trigger will be added to your sysinit runlevel, but not -udev-settle. udev-settle should not be added to a runlevel. Instead, if -a service needs this, it should add "need udev-settle" to its -dependencies. - diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-08-11-nepomuk-removal/2015-08-11-nepomuk-removal.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-08-11-nepomuk-removal/2015-08-11-nepomuk-removal.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 488c980fbed5..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-08-11-nepomuk-removal/2015-08-11-nepomuk-removal.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Title: Nepomuk removal -Author: Johannes Huber <johu@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-08-11 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-db/virtuoso-server - -With KDE SC 4.13.0 release the default semantic desktop search engine -switched from Nepomuk to Baloo.[1] This change was honoured in Gentoo -by changing the semantic-desktop use flag to cover the new engine and -moving the old to nepomuk use flag. - -The underlaying storage backend for Nepomuk aka Virtuoso DB has a lot -of unsolved upstream issues[2], therefore we will remove it. This means -packages with build options on the old stack will drop them. Other -packages which hard requiring it will be removed. - -If you are still using Nepomuk you can switch to Baloo by globally -enable semantic-desktop and disabling nepomuk use flag in -/etc/portage/make.conf or using one of the kde desktop profiles. - -[1] https://www.kde.org/announcements/4.13/ -[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=virtuoso diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-08-26-ruby-19-removal/2015-08-26-ruby-19-removal.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-08-26-ruby-19-removal/2015-08-26-ruby-19-removal.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 97c2465f7004..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-08-26-ruby-19-removal/2015-08-26-ruby-19-removal.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -Title: Ruby 1.9 removal; Ruby 2.0/2.1 default -Author: Manuel Rüger <mrueg@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-08-26 -Revision: 2 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: <dev-lang/ruby-2.0 - -Ruby MRI 1.9 has been retired by upstream in February 2015.[1] -We remove Ruby MRI 1.9 support from the tree now. In parallel Ruby MRI 2.1 -support will be activated in base profile's RUBY_TARGETS variable by default -in conjunction with Ruby MRI 2.0. - -If your currently eselected Ruby interpreter is ruby19, our recommendation is -to change it to ruby20. At the moment Ruby MRI 2.0 delivers the best possible -support of all Ruby interpreters in tree. - -Check the current setting via: - - eselect ruby show - -Change the current setting to Ruby MRI 2.0 via: - - eselect ruby set ruby20 - -[1] https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2015/02/23/support-for-ruby-1-9-3-has-ended/ diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-09-09-libvirt-init-script-changes/2015-09-09-libvirt-init-script-changes.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-09-09-libvirt-init-script-changes/2015-09-09-libvirt-init-script-changes.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 83ed083c6ce1..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-09-09-libvirt-init-script-changes/2015-09-09-libvirt-init-script-changes.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Title: libvirt-1.2.19 init script changes -Author: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-09-09 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: <app-emulation/libvirt-1.2.19 - -OpenRC Users: - -In libvirt-1.2.19 and newer, the libvirtd init script has been split into -libvirtd and libvirt-guests. - -The purpose of this change is to separate the management of the libvirtd -daemon from the libvirt domains/guests. This means that a number of settings -from /etc/conf.d/libvirtd have been moved to /etc/conf.d/libvirt-guests. These -settings have not been auto-migrated and you are advised to review -/etc/conf.d/libvirt-guests to ensure the behaviors are as you expect. - -You must add libvirt-guests to the same runlevel where you run libvirtd -currently. Otherwise your domains/guests will not be gracefully shutdown and -could result in data loss. To do this run the following commands: - $ rc-update add libvirt-guests - $ service libvirt-guests start diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-10-07-openrc-0-18-localmount-and-netmount-changes/2015-10-07-openrc-0-18-localmount-and-netmount-changes.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-10-07-openrc-0-18-localmount-and-netmount-changes/2015-10-07-openrc-0-18-localmount-and-netmount-changes.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7b2b688d7147..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-10-07-openrc-0-18-localmount-and-netmount-changes/2015-10-07-openrc-0-18-localmount-and-netmount-changes.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -Title: OpenRC-0.18 localmount and netmount changes -Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-10-07 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: <=sys-apps/openrc-0.18 - -The behaviour of localmount and netmount is changing on Linux systems. -In the past, these services always started successfully. However, now they -will fail if a file system they attempt to mount cannot be mounted. - -If you have file systems listed in fstab which should not be mounted at -boot time, make sure to add noauto to the mount options. If you have -file systems that you want to attempt to mount at boot time but failure -should be allowed, add nofail to the mount options for these file -systems in fstab. diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-10-21-future-support-of-hardened-sources-kernel/2015-10-21-future-support-of-hardened-sources-kernel.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-10-21-future-support-of-hardened-sources-kernel/2015-10-21-future-support-of-hardened-sources-kernel.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3d5c76cba3d4..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-10-21-future-support-of-hardened-sources-kernel/2015-10-21-future-support-of-hardened-sources-kernel.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -Title: Future Support of hardened-sources Kernel -Author: Anthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-10-21 -Revision: 3 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/hardened-sources -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/amd64 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib/selinux -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/amd64/selinux -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/amd64/x32 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/arm/armv6j -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/arm/armv7a -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/ia64 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/musl/amd64 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/musl/amd64/x32 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/musl/arm/armv7a -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/musl/mips -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/musl/mips/mipsel -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/musl/ppc -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/musl/x86 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/powerpc/ppc32 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/powerpc/ppc64/32bit-userland -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/powerpc/ppc64/64bit-userland -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/uclibc/amd64 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/uclibc/mips -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/uclibc/mips/mipsel -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/uclibc/ppc -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/uclibc/x86 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/x86 -Display-If-Profile: hardened/linux/x86/selinux - -For many years, the Grsecurity team [1] has been supporting two versions of -their security patches against the Linux kernel, a stable and a testing -version, and Gentoo has made both of these available to our users through the -hardened-sources package. However, on August 26 of this year, the team -announced they would no longer be making the stable version publicly -available, citing trademark infringement by a major embedded systems company -as the reason. [2] The stable patches are now only available to sponsors of -Grsecurity and can no longer be distributed in Gentoo. However, the team did -assure us that they would continue to release and support the testing version -as they have in the past. - -What does this means for users of hardened-sources? Gentoo will continue to -make the testing version available through our hardened-sources package but we -will have to drop support for the 3.x series. In a few days, those ebuilds -will be removed from the tree and you will be required to upgrade to a 4.x -series kernel. Since the hardened-sources package only installs the kernel -source tree, you can continue using a currently built 3.x series kernel but -bear in mind that we cannot support you, nor will upstream. Also keep in mind -that the 4.x series will not be as reliable as the 3.x series was, so -reporting bugs promptly will be even more important. Gentoo will continue to -work closely with upstream to stay on top of any problems, but be prepared for -the occasional "bad" kernel. The more reporting we receive from our users, -the better we will be able to decide which hardened-sources kernels to mark -stable and which to drop. - -Refs. -[1] https://grsecurity.net -[2] https://grsecurity.net/announce.php diff --git a/metadata/news/2015-12-16-python-abiflags-rebuild-needed/2015-12-16-python-abiflags-rebuild-needed.en.txt b/metadata/news/2015-12-16-python-abiflags-rebuild-needed/2015-12-16-python-abiflags-rebuild-needed.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7fa3adea7a79..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2015-12-16-python-abiflags-rebuild-needed/2015-12-16-python-abiflags-rebuild-needed.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -Title: Python ABIFLAGS rebuild needed -Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2015-12-16 -Revision: 5 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r4 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r5 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r6 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r7 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r8 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r9 -Display-If-Installed: ~dev-lang/python-3.3.6 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r4 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r5 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r6 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r7 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r8 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.4.3-r9 -Display-If-Installed: ~dev-lang/python-3.4.4 -Display-If-Installed: ~dev-lang/python-3.4.5 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r3 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r4 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r5 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r6 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r7 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r8 -Display-If-Installed: =dev-lang/python-3.5.0-r9 -Display-If-Installed: ~dev-lang/python-3.5.1 -Display-If-Installed: ~dev-lang/python-3.5.2 - -For several years, Gentoo has been patching python3 in a way that is -incompatible with PEP 3149 [1]. Gentoo has been enabling the PyMalloc feature, -but our python packages have not carried the appropriate ABI flag. - -We have removed this patch from the most recent dev-lang/python ebuilds at -the time of this writing. One result of this is that any packages which -install python extension modules must be rebuilt. - -You may experience build failures in related packages until this rebuild has -been completed. - -You can rebuild affected packages using the following commands. - -emerge -1v $(find /usr/lib*/python3* -name '*cpython-3[3-5].so') -emerge -1v /usr/include/python3.{3,4,5} - -It is possible that these commands will do nothing (or display a syntax error) -if all affected packages have already been rebuilt, causing the relevent files -to no longer exist. - -References: -[1] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3149/ diff --git a/metadata/news/2019-02-13-virtual-mysql-depenedency/2019-02-13-virtual-mysql-depenedency.en.txt b/metadata/news/2019-02-13-virtual-mysql-depenedency/2019-02-13-virtual-mysql-depenedency.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 29258deef397..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2019-02-13-virtual-mysql-depenedency/2019-02-13-virtual-mysql-depenedency.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -Title: MySQL server and library dependency shift -Author: Brian Evans <grknight@gentoo.org> -Posted: 2019-02-13 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 2.0 -Display-If-Installed: virtual/mysql - -Due to the complexity of supporting multiple client libraries, -the Gentoo MySQL maintainers have decided to drop dependencies on the -server installation where it is not absolutely necessary. - -This will mean that packages might not automatically install the server -as a dependency since it does not have to exist on the local machine. - -To ensure uninterrupted service, verify that the server package, -such as dev-db/mariadb, dev-db/mysql, etc, is included in the world file -where it is in operation. This can be accomplished by running emerge -with the --noreplace option. -Eg.: emerge --noreplace dev-db/mariadb diff --git a/metadata/news/2019-08-30-php-5_6-deprecation/2019-08-30-php-5_6-deprecation.en.txt b/metadata/news/2019-08-30-php-5_6-deprecation/2019-08-30-php-5_6-deprecation.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5e7218bfcfda..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2019-08-30-php-5_6-deprecation/2019-08-30-php-5_6-deprecation.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -Title: Deprecation and removal of PHP 5.6 -Author: Brian Evans <grknight@gentoo.org> -Posted: 2019-08-30 -Revision: 2 -News-Item-Format: 2.0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-lang/php:5.6 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/haru -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/magickwand -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-bbcode -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-cairo -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-dbx -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-htscanner -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-libevent -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-memcache -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mongo -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mysqlnd_ms -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mysqlnd_qc -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-sphinx -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-spl_types -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-svn -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-xrange -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/suhosin -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/xcache -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/xhprof -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-apcu:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-dbase:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-http:2 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-mailparse:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-memcached:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-oauth:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-propro:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-ps:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-raphf:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-rrd:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-ssh2:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-stomp:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-xdiff:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/pecl-yaml:0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/twig[extension] -Display-If-Installed: dev-php/PEAR-MDB2_Driver_mysql -Display-If-Installed: media-gfx/exact-image[php] -Display-If-Installed: sci-geosciences/mapserver[php,php_targets_php5-6] -Display-If-Installed: www-apps/rutorrent:3.4-r1 -Display-If-Installed: www-server/nginx-unit[php56] - -The Gentoo PHP Team is announcing the deprecation and future removal of -PHP 5.6. As of October 1, 2019, PHP 5.6 will be masked for removal. -Since some may consider this a critical package, we have decided on a -longer than normal 90 day removal period. - -Other distributions have already or will have moved to PHP 7.2 by the end of -the year. Currently, we are using a backport repository to keep -security updates in line with the main releases. However, we feel this -is the right time to remove this branch as maintenance burden will -likely only increase. - -To that end, the long list of PHP 5 only extensions must accompany its -removal. Many of which are long ignored by their upstream maintainers -and have no replacements. Some packages listed here have PHP 5 only -slots which are included as reminders to upgrade. - -Some packages do have replacements: -dev-php/pecl-memcache can be replaced by dev-php/pecl-memcached with - some small code modifications -dev-php/pecl-mongo has been superceded by dev-php/pecl-mongodb -dev-php/pecl-libevent should be replaced by dev-php/pecl-event - with code changes -dev-php/PEAR-MDB2_Driver_mysql should be easily replaced by - dev-php/PEAR-MDB2_Driver_mysqli with minor configuration changes diff --git a/metadata/news/2020-12-26-most-stable-hppa-keywords-removed/2020-12-26-most-stable-hppa-keywords-removed.en.txt b/metadata/news/2020-12-26-most-stable-hppa-keywords-removed/2020-12-26-most-stable-hppa-keywords-removed.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..872464a00410 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2020-12-26-most-stable-hppa-keywords-removed/2020-12-26-most-stable-hppa-keywords-removed.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Title: Most stable hppa keywords removed +Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2020-12-26 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Keyword: hppa + +The Gentoo/HPPA team no longer thinks that the time invested in +package stabilization is warranted for the small number of users on +HPPA. As a result, we will drop most "hppa" keywords to "~hppa" on +2020-12-31. Around 850 packages will retain their stable keywords. + +Users need not make any changes to their systems—other than perhaps +adding some entries to their package.accept_keywords file. 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