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On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote: |
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> See this thread for background: |
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> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_0673a33fe75961e510872fd2c1044ced.xml |
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> I think we should go through all the ssl use flag using packages and |
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> unify the use flag descriptions and behavior to the following standing |
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> policy (handed down probably): |
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> 1) packages always have the general ssl use flag to control whether to |
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> enable ssl at all |
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> 2) If the package supports multiple backends then there's use flags for |
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> gnutls, openssl or nss. EAPI 2 use defaults will be used to |
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> communicate upstream defaults if any. If they are all turned of |
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> select the default (ssl being on). |
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> No objections and I will open a tracker a week from now and let's see |
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> who joins up to go through packages and open bugs. |
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> Regards, |
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> Petteri |
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I seriously hate changing USE flags for the sake of changing use |
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flags. This provides a moderate amount of annoyance for anyone that |
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maintains more then one Gentoo box because they need to then tinker |
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with their /etc/make.conf and /etc/portage/package.use to get |
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everything right again. And oh no what if the one box is on ~arch and |
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one isn't and what if one is x86 and one isn't. Its just such a |
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configuration nightmare. |
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So unless there's any real benefit, I'm against this. |
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Also two little side points... USE defaults happened in EAPI 1. And |
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the method by which you're asking people to select would be nice if we |
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had some method for saying USE X and Y are subset of USE A. |
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Doug Goldstein |
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