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From: Tim Harder <radhermit@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 15:09:50
Message-Id: 20141121151009.GA3012@oregano.fritz.box
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] games.eclass: Allow to disable games permissions wrt #467386 by hasufell
1 On 2014-11-21 09:54, hasufell wrote:
2 > There are users who seem to like it and the games team wants to keep it
3 > as well, so I don't see a reason to push into that direction.
4
5 > The main thing is that you cannot turn off all the permission stuff in
6 > the eclass whether you like it or not. Changing the install variables
7 > thing is just for convenience and already possible.
8
9 If people don't want to use the games eclass, then don't use it. I
10 thought this had already been discussed and mostly ok-ed.
11
12 I don't see the point of adding circumvention methods if you can just
13 avoid it altogether.
14
15 Tim

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