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Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:29 +0100 |
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> Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> Sorry to get technical but how difficult is it really to change USE |
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>> flag names? I appreciate that users are out of sync yadda yadda, but |
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>> could this kind of thing not be considered out of band data similar |
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>> to news? |
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>> I accept that portage has to maintain compatibility but aiui the old |
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>> way of doing this was simply depending on a version of portage that |
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>> had the capability. Since we're only talking about ~10 packages, is |
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>> that so much of a hardship? |
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>> After all, I'm sure the other manglers don't lag behind emerge, based |
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>> on the hyperbole. Do they? |
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> I'm deeply sorry. I read all of that three times and while it seemed to |
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> make sense the first time, by the third time I saw the error of my ways. |
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You've lost me; if I've caused you offence somehow please accept my apology |
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and mail me off-list to tell me how. |
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Regards, |
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Steve. |
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