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On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 10:01:12AM +0000, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Zac Medico wrote: |
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> >Users can unforce them via /etc/portage/profile/{use.force,package.use.force} in the usual "-flag" way. |
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> Why new files? Why isn't this just pushed into the use stacking order |
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> over-ridable by the user (default USE flags, and not forcing)? |
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> Then they can over-ride it in package.use just like they do now? |
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Semantics of USE=-gtk not working on a package that has gtk forced |
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doesn't sound all that nice btw; if it's conditional yet the user has |
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to disable it via profile files.. |
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> Brian, default USE in IUSE is not a backwards compatable change and this |
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> is easier ;) |
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An EAPI bump is pretty simple from where I'm sitting, and implementing |
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it isn't all that hard. |
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Meanwhile, the question should be "which is desirable", not "which can |
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I glue in quickest" ;) |
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~harring |