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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] games.eclass: Allow to disable games permissions wrt #467386
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:31:53
Message-Id: 546F5ADE.6000009@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] games.eclass: Allow to disable games permissions wrt #467386 by Tim Harder
1 On 11/21/2014 04:10 PM, Tim Harder wrote:
2 > On 2014-11-21 09:54, hasufell wrote:
3 >> There are users who seem to like it and the games team wants to keep it
4 >> as well, so I don't see a reason to push into that direction.
5 >
6 >> The main thing is that you cannot turn off all the permission stuff in
7 >> the eclass whether you like it or not. Changing the install variables
8 >> thing is just for convenience and already possible.
9 >
10 > If people don't want to use the games eclass, then don't use it. I
11 > thought this had already been discussed and mostly ok-ed.
12 >
13 > I don't see the point of adding circumvention methods if you can just
14 > avoid it altogether.
15 >
16
17 Are you serious?
18
19 Instead of creating random competing concepts in one repository we
20 should rather enhance configuration options, so that the USER can choose
21 what he likes instead of the developer.
22
23 I think this is a very bad idea.
24
25 If we all decide to drop the eclass, then fine. Until then, users don't
26 have any convenient way to have games world-executable without
27 overwriting the eclass (which I currently do myself).

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