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On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 04:33:08PM +0100, Jakub Moc wrote: |
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> would someone more competent explain to me, why |
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you approached this all wrong ... you were supposed to say something |
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like "can we get rid of this hidden feature please" |
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i see no reason to keep use.defaults around anymore, i think the rest |
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of our config/profile system covers for it adequately and in a manner |
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that doesnt confused people |
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> - this feature even exists |
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it made sense when it was designed ... back in the much, much older |
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days of portage |
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> - why has a mass of things been commited in there recently |
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because they belong there |
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> - confusing users |
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the file has always confused people, whether they be user or dev |
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> - rendering /etc/portage/package.keywords useless (install a dep for one |
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> particular ebuild and enjoy the USE flag enabled globally) |
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unrelated |
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> - causing unwanted results (I did not really install app-text/recode for the |
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> purpose of enabling USE=recode globally and make it clash with half of php USE |
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> flags e.g.) |
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> - causing pointless breakage/bailing out in current ebuilds for users that have |
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> not touched USE flags on their system at all |
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you're confusing "feature" with "bug" ;) |
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-mike |
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