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From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP 56] metadata.xml USE flag descriptions [Clarifications]
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:54:26
Message-Id: 48A97F0F.4090301@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP 56] metadata.xml USE flag descriptions [Clarifications] by Jeroen Roovers
1 Jeroen Roovers wrote:
2 > On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:13:26 -0400
3 > Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>> What is the benefit?
7 >>>
8 >
9 >
10 >> There is none really. Allow all use flags to exist in metadata.xml.
11 >> It's really more of a clarification to the GLEP if this is allowed.
12 >>
13 >
14 >
15 <snip>
16 > [1] Come to think of it, in the recent metadata.xml / no-herd debate,
17 > wasn't having an empty herd tag ever suggested? <herd />
18 >
19 >
20 I've been championing that for what feels like 3 years now. The problem
21 is it breaks backwards compat with all tools out there..