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On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:13:26 -0400 |
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Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o> wrote: |
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> > What is the benefit? |
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> There is none really. Allow all use flags to exist in metadata.xml. |
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> It's really more of a clarification to the GLEP if this is allowed. |
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I personally think that this would facilitate a lot of duplication that |
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would ultimately amount to bitrot. Of course having, say, repoman |
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suggest cleanups would be one solution to the problem of bitrot, but |
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then I still fail to see the advantage over having both an IUSE per |
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ebuild as well as maintaining <gentoo-x86/profiles/use.desc>. |
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In my opinion the GLEP needs clarification on this matter. It should |
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forbid the use of these empty flag tags, and the DTD should reflect |
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that[1]. |
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Kind regards, |
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JeR |
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[1] Come to think of it, in the recent metadata.xml / no-herd debate, |
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wasn't having an empty herd tag ever suggested? <herd /> |
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