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From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: mjo@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/6] profiles: enable USE="split-usr" in base
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 01:56:58
Message-Id: 20190715015649.GA22086@linux1.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/6] profiles: enable USE="split-usr" in base by Michael Orlitzky
1 On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 09:49:00PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2 > On 7/14/19 7:50 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
3 > >
4 > > +# Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> (2019-07-14)
5 > > +# Enable split-usr by default to keep systems working.
6 > > +USE="${USE} split-usr"
7 >
8 > A mandatory USE="keep-working" raises some philosophical red flags for
9 > me. Wouldn't it be better to name the flag "merge-usr" and leave the
10 > profile alone? (This will be especially bad for the people who start
11 > with USE="-*")
12
13 The people who start with USE="-*" are already on their own, we have
14 many use flags we turn on in make.defaults in the profiles.
15
16 The ultimate goal is to turn this flag off in the 19.0 profiles, we are
17 just preserving the current status in the earlier ones.
18
19 William

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