[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] PROPERTIES=set for meta-packages that should behave like package sets

[Ryan Hill]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:31:46 -0700
Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote:

> > Can package.use syntax be extended to allow set entries?
> > @compiz-fusion -gnome kde kde4
>
> Perhaps, but we need to clarify how that sort of setting will affect
> nested sets. For example, if @compiz-fusion contains nested sets,
> would those USE settings apply to the nested sets as well? Will
> nested sets be allowed to have independent USE settings from the
> sets that nest them?

Maybe a nested set could inherit the USE flag settings of its parent set
unless it has its own entry in package.use.

Though what happens if a package is in both sets which have
conflicting flags in package.use?  I would say that the nested set has
to have priority.  If not, I can easily imagine people getting confused
when their USE settings for a set are being applied to all but
one or two packages.


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