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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:24:20 +1000 |
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Troy Dack <tad@g.o> wrote: |
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> Not everybody is a Linux boffin and Gentoo is attracting its fair share |
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> of Linux initiates. Having things configured so that a package works |
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> straight away or so that the configuration doesn't shoot users in the |
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> foot (or have the potential to cause grief for other users) is sensible. |
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That's where a useflag could come in, for situations where devs think it |
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may be wise to protect users from themselves. We could then highly |
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suggest in the installation guides that they make use of it. |
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Jason Wever |
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Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead |
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