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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Portage einfo, elog... output format change
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2021 07:08:36
Message-Id: d7d9f650617b1f7d2e8817d26fa3e388325c7afb.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Portage einfo, elog... output format change by Joshua Kinard
1 On Fri, 2021-10-01 at 18:00 -0400, Joshua Kinard wrote:
2 > On 9/30/2021 02:40, Fabian Groffen wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > >
5 > > Would it be possible to have some switch (e.g. --style=legacy) that
6 > > controls this new vs. the old behaviour? Would perhaps allow
7 > > applications that parse the output to work via setting this in the
8 > > global opts.
9 >
10 > Perhaps this would be better as a FEATURE flag? E.g., 'legacy-output' or
11 > something similar?
12 >
13
14 No. FEATURES is just a horrible historical mistake. Proper
15 configuration uses separate keys for separate options.
16
17 --
18 Best regards,
19 Michał Górny