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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New local or global USE flags for sdl bindings: noimage & nomixer
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:23:49
Message-Id: 200408271423.44894.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New local or global USE flags for sdl bindings: noimage & nomixer by Mike Frysinger
1 On Thursday 26 August 2004 00:14, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > actually, how is this for an idea ...
3 > instead of a file many people would have to update and sync across
4 > different profiles (huge pita, look at some of the virtual issues for
5 > example), what about if we extend the IUSE syntax ? then maintainers of
6 > their own ebuilds can determine 'default' USE setting on a per-package and
7 > even per-version basis ...
8
9 I think it's a great idea. It would be a big step into really serious local
10 useflags (automatic /etc/portage/package.use storage being the missing link).
11 However I think that for this to be viable, we really really need those
12 useflag dependencies in portage.
13
14 Paul
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