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On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 21:08 +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote: |
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> I'm pro-choice, and do not agree with the idea of aggregating USE flags just |
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> because they sound similar. |
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The second time you mention choice. I guess we know what Gentoo is about |
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by now, the 'choice' argument is too often used just to end criticism. |
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Choice is an illusion, if you there's too much choice it is no use to |
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anyone anymore, because nobody really knows what it is all about. This |
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is already the case with the loads of USE flags/portage options/etc. we |
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have. Gentoo shouldn't be about choice for the sake of it, it should be |
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about simplicity/managability : stuff that works. It's a trade-off. |
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I wasn't too happy with the introducation of local USE flags for just |
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the reasons that are becoming a problem now. Too much flags, everybody |
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adds them at will without good reasons. We used to just say to people |
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who wanted a specific (rare) set-up that they could easily edit the |
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ebuild themselves to their need, but nowadays it seems we have to hold |
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hands all the time and add complexity for nothing. That's good for |
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nobody really. The installation manual used to be like 5 pages, by now |
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it's a book of it's own per arch. I don't think that's a good thing and |
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we should be really, really careful about what we can do to stop this |
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movement. |
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