Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: make system-sqlite a global USE flag

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday, October 05, 2010 23:04:32 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Tuesday, October 05, 2010 10:35:57 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
> >> To fix this problem sqlite upstream made a specific change allowing a
> >> #pragma to be used to define where secure-delete is required, avoiding
> >> the need to use secure-delete *everywhere*.
> >
> > so what you're saying is that this USE flag can die once people
> > fix/update their packages
>
> What I'm saying is that mozilla team will not do it unless you either:
>
> (a) You convince/bribe/cluebat upstream (we've tried and failed), or
> (b) You write a patch that you promise to maintain forever with quick
> responses for security bumps
>
> Keep in mind that firefox usually only works with a very narrow range
> of sqlite versions. If it's too low, it won't compile, or have runtime
> failures (when they forget to update the min system-sqlite version).
> If it's too high, it'll have strange runtime bugs since firefox relies
> too heavily on existing sqlite behaviour[1].

so getting back to the original question: no, this should not be a global USE 
flag, and yes, this local flag should die.
-mike