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On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:32:39 +0200 |
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Manuel Rüger <mrueg@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 07/27/2013 03:28 PM, Alexander Berntsen wrote: |
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> > On 27/07/13 10:56, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: |
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> >> How about dropping vanilla-sources and adding a "vanilla" USE flag |
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> >> to gentoo-sources? |
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> > Then we might as well just have a Linux package with a bunch of USE |
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> > flags -- gentoo, hardened, libre, tuxonice, ck, etc. |
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> This is not a good idea, I'd like to have different kernel flavours of |
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> the same version installed in parallel. |
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If people think both ideas are good, consider having both? |
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Adding USE flags without dropping the packages is also an option; the |
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mere reason we will be bringing the experimental patches [1] soon is to |
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spare out on some of the duplicate work that is being done, if people |
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want to continue to maintain a separate package then nothing prohibits |
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them from doing so. Not the experimental patches [1] idea, and not the |
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addition of USE flags. |
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That being said, I expressed earlier that USE flags feel like a bad |
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idea though; I want you to keep in mind that, if you add USE flags, you |
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effectively have a double opt-in since you need to enable the USE flag |
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and then after that toggle the options in the menuconfig as well. |
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Is the gain of adding USE flags really worth the burden it causes? |
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[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.kernel/740 |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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