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On 11 February 2016 at 13:42, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>> soft disable = Disable, unless it would break a dependency |
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> I don't really see why these are needed. Just do what we are already |
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> doing - use the settings in the profile and package defaults. |
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And soft-disable would be for things where |
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IUSE="+flag" |
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Where you didn't like "flag", but application of < USE="-flag" > can |
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conditionally cause breakages due to other packages doing |
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DEPEND="package[flag]" |
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But would otherwise be identical to "Soft-enable" |
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Just his descriptions are strange. |
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I think a better description for the set of possible settings are: |
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enable: USE="foo" |
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permit: treat as USE="" by default, so IUSE="+foo" still defaults to |
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"on", but turn USE="foo" on if dependency conditions require it. |
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discourage: treat as USE="-foo" by default, so IUSE="+foo" gets vetoed |
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to "off", but can be still enabled by dependency conditions |
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forbid: USE="-foo" |
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Kent |
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