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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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> >> That would be a policy violation. Packages should pick a reasonable |
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> >> default if flags are conflicting, but not force users to |
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> >> micro-manage their flags. |
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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 be |
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controlled by USE flags. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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