Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 08/08/2015 22:02, Rich Freeman wrote: >> >> It is recommended that users not set an INSTALL_MASK, so you won't >> have to rebuild anything if you don't do that. If you care that much >> about inodes I'd probably get rid of /usr/portage before >> /usr/lib/systemd. :) >> >> On the other hand, setting USE=systemd when you don't intend to use >> systemd is going to be more invasive in general for the packages that >> use that flag. So, you probably wouldn't want to do that. >> >> I'm sure there were about 85 posts on the lists taking your side when >> this was debated before. I'd suggest looking up the threads (about >> two years ago I think) rather than recreating them. >> > Two years? Was it that long ago? Feels like yesterday. > > I recall the discussion well, and it was not pleasant. The only real > voice of sanity throughout was the final statement by the Council, who > very wisely shut up right until the end when it was obvious a definitive > decision was needed. > >
I think I found it. The thread's subject line appears to be: "Making systemd more accessible to "normal" users" The date is about May 2013. At least that is the only thread I can find here locally. My archives go back to around June 2009. I searched for both phrases "INSTALL_MASK" and "USE=systemd". If someone wants to go dig on Gmane or something, at least you know the subject line to search for and a somewhat good time frame. Dale :-) :-)
