Re: [gentoo-project] Introducing an optional files directory in the Portage tree with an embedded install condition and individual maintainers. (was Re: [gentoo-project] Proposal for add-on file utility (run after emerge update))

[William Hubbs]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 02:38:00PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote:
> On 16 June 2013 23:02, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:31:10 -0400
> > Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Either by denoting USE flags in USE as special _or_ introducing a
> >> > separate OUSE variable.
> >> >
> >> > They don't have to be "openrc", "cron", "systemd" but could be like
> >> > "init-scripts", "cron-files", "systemd-units"; to not collide with
> >> > any existing USE flags, if any.
> >> >
> >> > Do they start to depend on each other? Why?
> >>
> >> Bottom line is that in order to accomplish any of this we need to
> >> expand PMS to specify a syntax, implement this stuff in portage, and
> >> then start modifying all our ebuilds so that heaven-forbid you don't
> >> get an openrc script installed if you don't set USE=openrc.
> >>
> >> I don't think any of this is worth it for a one block text file.
> >
>
> I believe this proposal aims to workaround the "we can't work
> together" problem than actually providing
> real benefit to the way we maintain packages.

Yes, it sounds that way to me as well. We really need to find ways to
work together/compromise instead of using proposals like this one to get
around the fact that some of us don't want to work together.

William