Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles/base: ChangeLog package.use.force

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 2013-07-19, o godz. 16:53:00
Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> napisał(a):

> On 19 July 2013 16:46, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
> > Dnia 2013-07-19, o godz. 16:11:52
> > Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> napisał(a):
> >
> >> On 19 July 2013 16:04, Ian Delaney (idella4) <idella4@g.o> wrote:
> >> > idella4     13/07/19 15:04:28
> >> >
> >> >   Modified:             ChangeLog package.use.force
> >> >   Log:
> >> >   Add entry to force use flags for pypy-bin
> >> >
> >> > Revision  Changes    Path
> >> > 1.565                profiles/base/ChangeLog
> >> >
> >> > file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/ChangeLog?rev=1.565&view=markup
> >> > plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/ChangeLog?rev=1.565&content-type=text/plain
> >> > diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/ChangeLog?r1=1.564&r2=1.565
> >> >
> >> > Index: ChangeLog
> >> > ===================================================================
> >> > RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/ChangeLog,v
> >> > retrieving revision 1.564
> >> > retrieving revision 1.565
> >> > diff -u -r1.564 -r1.565
> >> > --- ChangeLog   17 Jul 2013 15:23:53 -0000      1.564
> >> > +++ ChangeLog   19 Jul 2013 15:04:28 -0000      1.565
> >> > @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
> >> >  # ChangeLog for Gentoo base-profile
> >> >  # Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
> >> > -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/ChangeLog,v 1.564 2013/07/17 15:23:53 chithanh Exp $
> >> > +# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/ChangeLog,v 1.565 2013/07/19 15:04:28 idella4 Exp $
> >> > +
> >> > +  19 Jul 2013; Ian Delaney <idella4@g.o>
> >> > +  package.use.force:
> >> > +  Add flags for new pypy-bin
> >> >
> >> >    17 Jul 2013; Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh@g.o>
> >> >    package.use.mask:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 1.37                 profiles/base/package.use.force
> >> >
> >> > file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/package.use.force?rev=1.37&view=markup
> >> > plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/package.use.force?rev=1.37&content-type=text/plain
> >> > diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/package.use.force?r1=1.36&r2=1.37
> >> >
> >> > Index: package.use.force
> >> > ===================================================================
> >> > RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/package.use.force,v
> >> > retrieving revision 1.36
> >> > retrieving revision 1.37
> >> > diff -u -r1.36 -r1.37
> >> > --- package.use.force   9 Jul 2013 17:47:25 -0000       1.36
> >> > +++ package.use.force   19 Jul 2013 15:04:28 -0000      1.37
> >> > @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
> >> >  # Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
> >> >  # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
> >> > -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/package.use.force,v 1.36 2013/07/09 17:47:25 graaff Exp $
> >> > +# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/base/package.use.force,v 1.37 2013/07/19 15:04:28 idella4 Exp $
> >> > +
> >> > +# Ian Delaney <idella4@g.o> (17 July 2013)
> >> > +# Selection of IUSE flags for bin build.
> >> > +dev-python/pypy-bin bzip2 ncurses sqlite ssl xml
> >> >
> >> >  # Michał Gorny <mgorny@g.o> (26 Feb 2013)
> >> >  # Meta-packages which use multilib ebuilds always install development
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> I don't understand that. Why not use +bzip2 +ncurses +sqlite +ssl +xml
> >> in the ebuild?
> >
> > I guess that's because they are not optional :).
> >
>
> So why are these features behind use flags?

For compatibility with ${PYTHON_USEDEP}. And supposedly we may add more
optionality in the future. That is, if someone has enough resources to
thoroughly investigate the differences between various USE
configurations of pypy.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny