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Recently, a large number of bugs were filed against packages that have |
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USE flag names which contain underscores. Apparently PMS prohibits |
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this except when the USE flag is part of a USE_EXPAND variable. |
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https://projects.gentoo.org/pms/7/pms.html#x1-200003.1.4 |
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I'm not certain when this text was added to PMS, or how many of the |
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affected USE flags pre-date this policy. |
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Portage seems to have no issue dealing with underscores, so this |
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doesn't seem to be solving any technical problem. |
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I am pretty sure that renaming a bunch of USE flags will cause some |
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amount of end-user confusion, for very little benefit. Is enforcing |
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this part of PMS really worth it? |
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