Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles/targets/desktop: Do not enable ldap USE flag by default

[Alec Warner]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 8:13 AM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:

> On Thu, 2020-09-10 at 07:35 +0200, Hans de Graaff wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-09-09 at 13:35 +0300, Mikle Kolyada wrote:
> > > Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/741380
> >
> > Could you provide a rationale for removing this? The bug only has a
> > single anecdotal report of a user who can run a desktop without it. I'm
> > not sure if that is reason enough to remove this. I guess we won't be
> > able to figure out easily how many of our desktop profile users are
> > actually using LDAP, but changing this may cause surprises and I'm not
> > sure if that's warranted.
> >
>
> 2020.  Gentoo discovers that people usually don't run LDAP on their
> desktops.  Some developers can't believe their eyes!  Gentoo forms
> a Working Group to establish whether using LDAP on desktops is really
> that uncommon.
>
> This fits nicely with the recently announced fact that Gentoo Foundation
> has too much money and is looking for funding requests.  After all, what
> could be a better use of Gentoo money than funding the work of a Working
> Group trying to establish matters of such great importance as default
> USE flags on desktop profiles.
>

I don't appreciate these comments. You can think the Foundation wastes
money on taxes and paperwork and operational expenses but i'm not going to
sit here and watch you crap all over my attempts to actually *support* the
Gentoo community by funding actual work. So please keep your negative
comments to yourself.

-A


>
> After a lot of debate the Working Group concludes that there is no
> conclusive answer whether LDAP should be enabled by default or not.
>

> --
> Best regards,
> Michał Górny
>
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