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Albert Zeyer <albert.zeyer@×××××××××××.de> posted |
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1210861450.3957.24.camel@localhost, excerpted below, on Thu, 15 May 2008 |
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16:24:10 +0200: |
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> I also don't like no* USE-flags that much. But there are already a lot |
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> available. I thought they were introduced because it's most probable |
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> that you want to have the specific support and if not, you have to |
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> specify this explicitly. |
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The no* USE flags are deprecated and headed toward legacy-only, due to |
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portage support of USE defaults being so new and there being no way to |
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default to "on", for those packages where it made the most sense, |
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previously. However, AFAIK USE defaults are an EAPI=1 feature, and thus |
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not quite yet encouraged for the general tree. That said, new versions |
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of many packages with no* USE flags have them removed in favor of USE |
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defaults. When EAPI=1 portage and the newer USE defaults versions of |
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these packages have been stable for a period and as the by then legacy |
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versions fade out, positive based USE defaults will ultimately replace |
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most or all of the current no* flags. |
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All as I understand it as not-a-dev-but-a-regular-dev-list-reader. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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