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On Thursday 19 July 2001 08:15, you wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 07:36:08AM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: |
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> > No, No! This is a proprosition to *replace* USE flags. Thre will be |
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> > *only* With flags. |
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> I see no reason to replace USE variables when they can be extended in a |
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> backwards-compatible manner. |
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> > If I want to add a flag to make.*, it gives 2 benefits: 1. The user can |
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> > customize it in make.conf. 2. It can be part of a group, which can give |
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> > the user more info and a better default choice in a Which selection. |
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> We already have plans to add groups to USE variables, and a few other |
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> extensions. And there's no reason to replace the current USE system with |
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> another one just to add an interactive mode. Why destroy months of work |
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> we've already completed when the "With" system doesn't give us anything |
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> special? I really don't see the point of "With" variables. I don't think |
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> you've clearly explained or convinced me *why* we need them. Everything |
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> you want is possible with the new USE system. |
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I didn't mean "replace" them in that sense. I called the new system With |
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flags to differentiate it from exsiting USE flags. You can call them USE or |
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anything else. I don't mind extending the existing system, it's better than |
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building from scratch, as long as hte result is capable of doing the things I |
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suggested. Likewise the specific syntax examples I gave: I don't say it has |
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to be like that, I'm just giving an example. |
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Dan Armak |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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Matan, Israel |