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Albert Zeyer <albert.zeyer@...> posted
1210861450.3957.24.camel@localhost
, excerpted below, on  Thu, 15 May 2008
16:24:10 +0200:

> I also don't like no* USE-flags that much. But there are already a lot
> available. I thought they were introduced because it's most probable
> that you want to have the specific support and if not, you have to
> specify this explicitly.

The no* USE flags are deprecated and headed toward legacy-only, due to 
portage support of USE defaults being so new and there being no way to 
default to "on", for those packages where it made the most sense, 
previously.  However, AFAIK USE defaults are an EAPI=1 feature, and thus 
not quite yet encouraged for the general tree.  That said, new versions 
of many packages with no* USE flags have them removed in favor of USE 
defaults.  When EAPI=1 portage and the newer USE defaults versions of 
these packages have been stable for a period and as the by then legacy 
versions fade out, positive based USE defaults will ultimately replace 
most or all of the current no* flags.

All as I understand it as not-a-dev-but-a-regular-dev-list-reader.

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