Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion: DONT_USE flags

[Dan Armak]

On Wednesday 18 July 2001 20:52, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 08:20:39PM +0300, Dan Armak wrote:
> > > It is fine to force the use of a particular package as long as an
> > > overwhelmingly large percentage of the people would want such
> > > functionality built-in.  But, if it's simply an optional component that
> > > some people may not want, it should be configured via a USE variable.
> >
> > I still think there should be optional user-interactive mode. It could
> > print a suggestion based on the USE flags as the default choice, or
> > accept a --silent flag and make all the default choices itself. For
> > detais read the other messages in the thread (some of the replies are
> > out-of-thread, the subject line changed).
>
> If people want an interactive mode, we can add one (I have no reason to
> oppose it, as long as a non-interactive build is the default).  It could be
> really handy. But we need the new USE system first.  In the meantime, I
> have no problem with you discussing how you'd like an interactive build
> mode to work, since we'll most likely add one eventually.
>
OK! This thread broke up into several threads due to different subject lines, 
and the subject isn't right any more anyway, so Ill post a new message with 
my suggestions based on this discussion.
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Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer
Matan, Israel