On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:44:09 +0200 Jakub Moc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Ciaran McCreesh napsal(a):
| > On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:19:03 +0200 Jakub Moc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| > wrote:
| > | > You mean, than sticking a + before foo in IUSE in every ebuild,
| > | > and ensuring that changes are kept in sync and consistent with
| > | > the behaviour of every single existing profile.
| > | 
| > | Erm, what are you talking about here? What is there to be kept in
| > | sync with profiles?
| > 
| > Behaviour. Believe it or not, not all profiles target the same kind
| > of system.
| 
| Behaviour of what?

The profiles change over time. Currently, when the profiles change, the
only thing that has to be checked for conflicting USE behaviour is
subprofiles. With IUSE defaults, the person making the change will also
have to do a sanity check over the entire tree.

Is that spelt out enough for you, or do you need it dumbed down even
more?

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