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On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 08:14 +1300, Jerome Brown wrote: |
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> How about another option? |
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> 6) Disallow -USE within groups, but allow -@GROUP |
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I like this option. |
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> The issue comes with resolving the individual (@KDE -@GNOME or vice |
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> versa) as both define X, and a -X comes from the other. I guess that |
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> this could be resolved by defining that if a USE flag is defined in a |
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> group, and another group negates it, that portage ignores the negation, |
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> however if the negation is specified by the user in their USE line then |
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> the negation is allowed: Therefore |
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Why is X in either GNOME or KDE anyway? It is separate from either, and |
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should probably have its own group, if necessary. |
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When I think of KDE stuff, I don't think of X + KDE, I think of KDE and |
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arts and Qt. I think of X as a separate beast entirely. |
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Then again, I don't think that flags should be specified in more than |
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one group. |
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If it doesn't fit into a group, then don't group it. If it fits into |
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multiple groups, then either pick one and stick with it, or don't group |
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it. |
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Groups are supposed to simplify using large numbers of USE flags, it |
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isn't supposed to completely replace them. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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