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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] arch-cruft in use.mask makes me angry
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:44:00
Message-Id: 1152106115.21775.41.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] arch-cruft in use.mask makes me angry by Mike Frysinger
1 On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 21:54 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > can someone remind me why our arch USE flags are in an "opt-out" system rather
3 > than "opt-in" ? instead of adding things like:
4 > dmi
5 > icc
6 > mmx
7 > svga
8 > ...
9 >
10 > to every non-x86 profile, why dont we mask these things in base/use.mask and
11 > then un-mask them in default-linux/x86 ? doesnt that make more sense ?
12
13 Absolutely.
14
15 Feel free to do it. I know x86 won't mind. If you have a complete
16 list, I can do it, if you don't have time.
17
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19 Chris Gianelloni
20 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
21 x86 Architecture Team
22 Games - Developer
23 Gentoo Linux

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