On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote: > IMHO, the bindist USE flag is redundant in these cases. So we should > get rid of the REQUIRED_USE and add a restriction instead: > > IUSE="foo" > RESTRICT="foo? ( bindist )" > > What do you think? Should we proceed in this direction?
I like it. I think you should proceed. I proposed a relevant change for www-client/chromium in a previous thread. > While discussing the issue in #-releng, it was also suggested that a > news item should be prepared, to inform users that they cannot rely on > USE=bindist. (They cannot rely on it already now, though.) Does it > make sense to have a news item for this? > > Ulrich > > > [1] We also have some 300 packages that are mirror restricted but not > bindist restricted. It is likely that at least for part of them > binaries cannot be redistributed either. That is a separate issue, > though. > [2] Thanks to aballier for pointing this out in bug 541588.
