Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisions for USE flag changes

[Brian Evans]

On 08/11/2017 07:50 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> == New revisions for USE flag changes ==
>
> I suggest that in hindsight, we can do better. Suppose we require a new
> revision for every change to IUSE. Then,
>
>   * We can delete all of the PM code for --changed-use and --newuse and
>     friends.
>
>   * The documentation becomes much simpler: revbump if IUSE changes.
>
>   * Users can omit --newuse and --changed-use from their lives.
>
>   * All package managers now handle IUSE changes properly.
>
>   * emerge runs a bit faster.
>
> This has none of the downsides of the current approach. Of course, it
> lacks that one benefit -- that you don't have to rename the ebuild when
> you change IUSE. Now I'll try to convince you that the rename and
> associated rebuilds aren't that big of a deal.

I disagree about removing --newuse and --changed-use from portage.
This is not their only use.

If you happen to change the effective use system wide, USE= in make.conf
for portage, these options scan the entire system for such changes.

i.e. 'emerge --changed-use --deep @world'

Brian