[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: moving USE=server to global

[Steve Long]

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>> I don't see what is so dangerous about a server flag. After all I don't
>> set doc globally, but it is a useful global flag, with clear intent, as
>> would be server.
>>
>> If usr sets server on a box in make.conf, against advice, they still have
>> to actually emerge the pkgs they want, after all. So it's not like it's
>> going to lead to a mass of bloat (unlike the current setup.)
>>
> Actually, on my systems, about the only USE flags I *don't* set globally
> in make.conf are "doc", "examples" and "source". There are very few
> conflicts from this, and just about everything in my package.use file is
> either making the documentation and examples or suppressing an option
> for a package where it doesn't work. It turns out to be easier for me to
> manage things that way than to have a humongous package.use and a few
> options in make.conf.

With respect, I don't see how this affects anything to do with the flag? Eg
for my personal use, I need KRB5, LDAP, SMB and mySQL. The only server I
want is mySQL for local web-development with apache2, so I'd set server for
dev-db/mySQL in package.use and leave it at that.

I can understand that USE-conditional deps might be required, eg if a user
(grr like you ppl don't know what usr means ;) wants a web-app it might
require a db server. Firstly, I thought those were coming, and secondly in
that case the user would I would think know that server software was
needed, as s/he would be setting up a server app. A simple ewarn would
suffice imo, since the db server might well be on another host.


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