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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:02:47
Message-Id: 20130119000205.76304e0a@snowbell
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd by "Aaron W. Swenson"
1 On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:58:22 +0000
2 "Aaron W. Swenson" <titanofold@g.o> wrote:
3 > > Hell, as discussed, the base profile should contain the absolute
4 > > minimal flags, and "dri" does not appear to be one of these.
5 > > Having graphics support on such a profile is not expected. IMHO it
6 > > should be moved to the desktop profile
7 > >
8 >
9 > ++ If the base profile is to become our server profile, it should not
10 > have graphics related USE flags enabled.
11
12 ...but that's not how USE flags work. It doesn't matter if you enable
13 monkeys in the base profile, since the only people who are affected are
14 people who install monkey-related packages. It doesn't affect server
15 users. "Minimal" is irrelevant.
16
17 --
18 Ciaran McCreesh

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[gentoo-dev] Re: USE flags dri, cups, pppd Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o>