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On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 12:10:04AM -0500, Chandler Carruth wrote: |
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> Brian Harring wrote: |
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> >On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 11:28:17PM -0500, Chandler Carruth wrote: |
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> >>3) there is _no_ functionality added by any of this, only |
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> >>"user-friendliness" after a fashion, and as such, perhaps it should all |
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> >>be chucked in favor of having users competently declare their own global |
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> >>USE flags during the install, however I doubt that'll get very far. *shrug* |
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You're ignoring the ability to specify additions to the system set; |
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use flags aren't going to help there. |
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> >4) need for the ability to inherit multiple parent profiles. |
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> >Otherwise, x86 desktop profile is not guranteed in anyway to reflect |
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> >sparc desktop profile (yes, somewhat the case now). |
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> >A gnome desktop profile would make sense imo, but from a work |
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> >standpoint is totally dependant on ability to inherit multiple |
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> >parents. |
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> How close is that ability to portage? Is there interest/room for |
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> help/work towards it? |
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30 minute patch if people want it (line 999 of portage.py from trunk |
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is the area of modification required). |
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Due to current code, would need to either educate users, or come up |
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with some way to make existing code puke when working with N parents- |
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right now the code automatically ignores any other entries in the |
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parent file (badddddddd design choice). |
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> I would like to see a more sensible approach to |
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> establishing default settings (USE flags not the only thing here). |
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IUSE defaults; specifying the use defaults within the ebuild itself |
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(search the -dev archives for it, spanky brought it to the ml iirc). |
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IUSE defaults is not a 30 minute patch. |
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~harring |
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