Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags

[Donnie Berkholz]

Zac Medico wrote:
> The intention is that the IUSE defaults will be used for default flags that
> should be enabled regardless of profile.  Then, package.use will be used for flags
> that might vary depending on the profile.

I don't understand the reasoning of this. Could you expand on it?

What would make sense to me is using package.use for _local_ USE flags,
and make.defaults for _global_ USE flags. But using make.defaults only
in base/ and package.use everywhere else just seems weird, not to
mention the duplication it will cause.

Am I misunderstanding something?

Thanks,
Donnie