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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:29 +0100 |
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Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Sorry to get technical but how difficult is it really to change USE |
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> flag names? I appreciate that users are out of sync yadda yadda, but |
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> could this kind of thing not be considered out of band data similar |
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> to news? |
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> I accept that portage has to maintain compatibility but aiui the old |
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> way of doing this was simply depending on a version of portage that |
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> had the capability. Since we're only talking about ~10 packages, is |
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> that so much of a hardship? |
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> After all, I'm sure the other manglers don't lag behind emerge, based |
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> on the hyperbole. Do they? |
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I'm deeply sorry. I read all of that three times and while it seemed to |
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make sense the first time, by the third time I saw the error of my ways. |
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Kind regards, |
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JeR |
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