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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Improve description of USE=test
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 17:09:13
Message-Id: CAJ0EP42fx6hagDzNtcxt+xvCZcaVejZjs51W_x3Q--C9aRizMw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Improve description of USE=test by Kent Fredric
1 On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 10:45 AM Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:27:01 -0400
4 > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
5 >
6 > > If you want to define behavior that can be relied upon in ebuilds, it
7 > > should be specified in PMS. PMS does not define any meaning for the
8 > > "test" USE flag.
9 >
10 > We should eschew idealism about how the world *should* behave, and avoid
11 > making portage a steaming garbage heap in order to comply with a
12 > terrible PMS specification of a heavily used feature.
13
14 Portage still works just fine for most people who would enable
15 FEATURES=test. Stop exaggerating.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Improve description of USE=test Francesco Riosa <vivo75@×××××.com>