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On Thursday, July 01, 2010 08:53:19 Vaeth wrote: |
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> The debug USE flag in eix is also about convenience for the user: |
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> If eix segfaults, it prints instructions how to produce a backtrace |
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> in such a way which is most likely useful for upstream to locate |
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> the problem. |
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> Currently, these instructions are rather simple, because they can |
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> refer to USE=debug. Omitting the debug USE flag would complicate |
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> the instructions, making debugging less convenient for the user |
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> and for upstream. Why should such an inconvenience be necessary? |
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> Only to follow some abstract fundamental policy about what USE flags |
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> are allowed to do? If this is really the case then perhaps there is |
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> something wrong with that policy. |
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this is in no way specific to eix. if you want convenience, design a real |
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solution common to *all* packages and post it to the list. |
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arbitrary/inconsistent hacks utilizing USE=debug is wrong. |
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-mike |