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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:29:48 -0400 |
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Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> > You don't do it by checking IUSE. You do it by having the ebuild |
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> > define a variable like WANT_MONKEY_SUPPORT. |
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> it's a crap shoot. as long as Michał's proposed func doesnt attempt |
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> to make guarantees that don't exist now, i think it's fine. we have |
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> ebuilds/eclasses that are already using it, so unifying it purely for |
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> the [+-] cleanup makes sense to me. |
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Providing a function, especially in eutils, makes people think that it |
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will work. It won't work, so the solution is to fix ebuilds and |
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eclasses that are doing it and make sure people realise why they can't |
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do that. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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