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Dear team, |
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some time ago we have already been discussing [1] the possibilities of |
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restricting use flags in a stabilized ebuild. |
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Based on the outcome of that thread I've written a patch for PMS, which |
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extends the section on USE masking and forcing. |
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It is included in this e-mail, and I would like to submit it for discussion |
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and eventually inclusion in master and eapi-5 branch. As for an |
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implementation, I gathered from Zac that it's not particularly hard to do and |
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that he liked the idea. |
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It is certainly possible refine this more. Allowing only EAPI=5 ebuilds in |
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package.use.stable.*, and have the files only take effect there, comes to my |
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mind. However I doubt if these restrictions are really necessary and if a EAPI |
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dependence at this place in the profile makes actually sense. |
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Best, |
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Andreas |
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[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/76536/focus=76545 |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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kde (team lead), sci, tex, arm, printing |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |