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Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: |
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> > I don't like the binary distribution argument of include everything |
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> > to cover as many possible use cases as possible in one go. |
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> > I very much like the high resolution of Gentoo packages. I'd hate to |
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> > enter a slippery slope toward lower resolution. |
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> Are you really that _lazy_ to not accept the option to just do |
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> cat - >> /etc/portage/package.use <<EOF |
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> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources -firmware |
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> EOF |
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> and be done with it? |
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Kernel -sources USE is a handy way to install linux-firmware |
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wholesale, but AIUI the standalone firmware packages would |
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be removed too, effectively making the USE flag non-optional, and |
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removing the possibility of having managed firmware packages. |
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(People would have to download single firmware files on their own.) |
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I think the objection is against a solution that will replace what |
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is there at the moment and cause more firmware files to always be |
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installed, if only some specific ones are actually needed. |
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Also: Is this only for gentoo-sources? What about the other -sources? |
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//Peter |
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