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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding USE=udev to linux profiles
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:39:44
Message-Id: CAGfcS_nFyaC6HP8zi-vv8NeBsjuEyninr3MDw+=+vV+=UP8K0g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding USE=udev to linux profiles by "M. J. Everitt"
1 On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 9:17 AM M. J. Everitt <m.j.everitt@×××.org> wrote:
2 >
3 > The hierarchy method is indeed flawed, it would be better to have
4 > something akin to USE flags for profiles (PROFLAGS?) .. so that you
5 > could mingle different aspects without replicating sections of the
6 > 'tree' to get the common configurations covered ..
7 >
8 > eg. LINUX + AMD64 + DEVELOPER + KDE
9 > LINUX + ARM + DESKTOP
10 > LINUX + X86 + CONTAINER
11 > FREEBSD + DESKTOP
12 >
13 > And then have some rules which say that .. eg. KDE inherits DESKTOP (if
14 > required)
15 >
16 > I know you're gonna bike-shed this to death, but its an idea ..
17
18 No need to bike-shed:
19
20 https://www.funtoo.org/Funtoo_Profiles
21 https://bugs.gentoo.org/523036
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25 Rich