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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/6] profiles: enable USE="split-usr" in base
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 01:49:13
Message-Id: 07e33960-526e-85d7-a97d-d8e9c175f7df@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/6] profiles: enable USE="split-usr" in base by Mike Gilbert
1 On 7/14/19 7:50 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
2 >
3 > +# Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> (2019-07-14)
4 > +# Enable split-usr by default to keep systems working.
5 > +USE="${USE} split-usr"
6
7 A mandatory USE="keep-working" raises some philosophical red flags for
8 me. Wouldn't it be better to name the flag "merge-usr" and leave the
9 profile alone? (This will be especially bad for the people who start
10 with USE="-*")

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