Re: [gentoo-dev] New system to replace USE flags

[Dan Armak]

On Thursday 19 July 2001 17:40, you wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 10:26:09AM -0400, Sean Mitchell wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dan Armak [mailto:ermak@×××××××××××××.il]
> > >
> > > No, No! This is a proprosition to *replace* USE flags. Thre
> > > will be *only*
> > > With flags.
> >
> > I see... I completely missed that rather key element.
> >
> > I dunno, Dan. It seems to me that is a bit drastic. I'm really much more
> > in favour of supplementing the existing system which overall I rather
> > like. Plus, that would invalidate all the work that Daniel and Achim and
> > company are about to release.
> >
> > At any rate perhaps it is best to wait and see what the new system brings
> > and in the meantime define what functionality is required. Then we could
> > see what gaps the new system fills and then go from there.
>
> I agree :)
 Read what I just wrote in another place in the thread. I'm sorry if you 
misunderstood me, I didn't mean to suggest building again from scratch! I 
meant to extend the existing system and described a possible result of its 
extension.
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Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer
Matan, Israel