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On Friday 13 January 2006 15:13, solar wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 06:57 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > as one of the new sane features of the next portage-2.1_pre release, |
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> > we're looking to cut out use.defaults support |
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> I see this as a good and bad thing. Good in one hand that less autojunk |
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> would be enabled like python/perl bindings not being added to every |
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> program on your system that supports it. Bad in the other hand I see |
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> the state of profiles getting worse=more bloated. |
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i dont really see the profiles getting any more USE flags than they already |
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have ... as for bloated, i see it as being a more-than-worth-it trade off |
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when it comes to stability |
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a profile-based USE will always stay the same while a autouse-based USE may |
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fluctuate greatly based upon what the user emerges from day to day |
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> The autouse itself is not a bad feature or idea if it were used properly. |
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there is no used properly or improperly when it comes to use.defaults |
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-mike |
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