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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:15:17
Message-Id: 20061015221156.77a2fb2c@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags by Alec Warner
1 On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:01:58 -0400 Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
2 wrote:
3 | Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 | > Yup. Default USE flags are profile dependent data. The sensible
5 | > default value varies depending upon conditions like arch and system
6 | > role.
7 | >
8 |
9 | I disagree; they are not all profile dependent. The point here being
10 | you can argue all your like; it's like me liking pink rather than
11 | blue. One cannot really prove one way or another which is "best";
12 | there really isn't a "best" here.
13
14 There is a solution that provides all of the functionality of the
15 other, along with some functionality that the other does not provide,
16 without the drawbacks. That is a "better" solution.
17
18 --
19 Ciaran McCreesh
20 Mail : ciaranm at ciaranm.org
21 Web : http://ciaranm.org/
22 as-needed is broken : http://ciaranm.org/show_post.pl?post_id=13

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: per-package default USE flags Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>