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On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 4:27 AM, Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote: |
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> Most of us know about the games.eclass history. Let's put that aside; |
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> I'm looking for user consensus on packages that use(d) games.eclass. |
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> 1. Do you take advantage of games.eclass features, including restricting |
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> game access to a given group and installing games outside of /usr and/or |
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> on different media? |
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I like the game group feature. On a multiuser system it makes it fairly |
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simplistic to ensure access goes to whom I want to have access to those |
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games. It also behaves similarly to other services which allow non root |
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users to run things based on their group membership. |
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I do not really care much about the ability to install outside of /usr, but |
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I can see that being very useful. Of course, a symlink can provide this |
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same feature. |
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2. If yes, how do you feel about the removal of the eclass? Did you rely |
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> on its functionality? Does your use case require it? |
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I have very few personal ebuilds that take advantage of much of the |
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features other than the group reqs etc. Still, I see the value in them. |
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> 3. If yes, _what is your use case_? Which features are important to your |
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> use case wrt games and what can Gentoo do to improve that. |
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I make use of the games group in my personal ebuilds. I find some of the |
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other features provided in games.eclass potentially useful, but do not make |
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immediate needs of them. |
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> We cannot make concrete decisions without concrete evidence, so please |
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> answer and speak for your use case. This will serve as a public record |
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> of interest, and might even inspire a few people. :) |
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> Thanks for your time, |
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> ~zlg |
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> Daniel Campbell - Gentoo Developer |
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The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system |
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and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world. |
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-- seen on the net |
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