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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Forced/automatic USE flag constraints (codename: ENFORCED_USE)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:48:58
Message-Id: 20170615184842.3928595f@snowblower
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Forced/automatic USE flag constraints (codename: ENFORCED_USE) by Alexis Ballier
1 On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:30:02 +0200
2 Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote:
3 > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:04:35 +0100
4 > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:55:45 +0200
6 > > Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote:
7 > > > The guarantee comes from the fact that the output is always in the
8 > > > space of all possible inputs from the user. So, if some output
9 > > > will kill a kitten, so does some input.
10 > >
11 > > USE=minimal
12 > > USE=mips
13 > > USE=-ssl
14 > >
15 >
16 > So what?
17
18 So, if the aim of this solution is to make things better for the user,
19 what are you doing to establish that this will make things better for
20 the user instead of recommending something awful?
21
22 --
23 Ciaran McCreesh

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