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On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 22:24:20 +0200 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > That said, I think we could go with some generic idea like this |
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> > (assumes new GUI expand is being used): |
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> > [...] |
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> > 2. Packages use REQUIRED_USE to force an appropriate choice. |
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> That would be a policy violation. Packages should pick a reasonable |
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> default if flags are conflicting, but not force users to micro-manage |
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> their flags. |
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Who did establish that *idiotic* policy and why is he still |
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a developer? The whole *point of USE Flags* is to let people |
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micro-manage stuff. Picking up a random default makes flags |
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meaningless, confusing and makes it impossible to establish |
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appropriate USE dependencies. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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