Re: [gentoo-dev] crap use flags in the profiles

[Luis F. Araujo]

Chris Gianelloni wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 00:28 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>
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>>- base doesnt define any USE
>>- default-linux defines a few local xorg USE (because no one has given us the
>>ability to control default USE via IUSE yet :P)
>>
>>{x86,amd64}/make.defaults has the 'bloated' USE because every single sub x86
>>and amd64 profile had the same USE in them ... if you want to re-push them
>>into subprofiles like 200[45].[01], that's fine by me ... will have to check
>>with wolf/releng so they dont revert it :P
>>
>>
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>We've actually been talking about making the profiles more like this,
>but really need to weigh the additional work required to validate them
>before we go deciding that we're going to start adding profiles for
>specific uses.  I tend to believe that if we start adding them, we'll
>soon be bombarded with "I want a $x profile because I don't like this
>one USE flag" kind of bugs.  It's much easier to say "this is our
>defaults, change them as you like" than it is to provide multiple sets
>of "defaults" all of which are completely arbitrary.
>
>
>
That's for sure that will happen. I also agree with keeping a default
and letting the users build their own profiles out of it.
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