On Friday 14 January 2005 19:41, Carsten Lohrke wrote: > Use flags are not the solution for all and everything
They *are* the solution for including/removing optional functionality from the package. Love it or hate it, it is one of the cornerstones of Gentoo. > and I absolutely dislike the use flag hell. > Use flags additions (even local ones) should be handled more restrictive. This tune is starting to sound like a stuck record to be honest. I'm not saying that there isn't a problem, but honestly, what would you prefer? Would you rather that packages on Gentoo were just like other distros, where you get what you're given, rather than what you want? I'm sorry for the critical tone here, but USE flags are one of Gentoo's killer features, and I don't understand the mindset of the camp who see them as something that Gentoo can do without. They need improving to make them scale easier, sure, but the idea behind them is a GoodThing(tm). If you don't want to enjoy the choice that USE flags bring, why not simply ask Ciaran to define a special @ALL group in his USE-flags-groups GLEP, so that this feature no longer troubles you? Or better yet, come up with something better than USE flags. And some code to make it happen. Best regards, Stu -- Stuart Herbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Developer http://www.gentoo.org/ http://stu.gnqs.org/diary/ GnuPG key id# F9AFC57C available from http://pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint = 31FB 50D4 1F88 E227 F319 C549 0C2F 80BA F9AF C57C -- -- [email protected] mailing list
