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>>>>> On Fri, 10 Jun 2016, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:18:44 +0200 |
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> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>> >>>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>> > Who did establish that *idiotic* policy and why is he still a |
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>> > developer? |
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>> Michał, |
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>> You may want to reconsider your tone. |
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>> The policy was established when documenting REQUIRED_USE for EAPI 4, |
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>> and it is based on consensus in bug 353624 [1] and in the gentoo-dev |
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>> mailing list [2,3]. |
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> Really, that policy predates REQUIRED_USE, and even EAPIs... In the |
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> olden days, the rule was that USE flags were for things that were |
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> optional, and that if something wasn't optional, then it shouldn't |
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> be controlled by USE flags. |
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You are right, the word "established" above isn't accurate. Rather, |
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the existing policy was confirmed after introduction of REQUIRED_USE. |
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Ulrich |
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