On Fri, 2021-07-09 at 12:05 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry, but that doesn't make sense. These are global USE flags, and > the aim here is to set a _global_ default for them, based on the fact > that these libraries are present on every Gentoo system. > > So if we agree that e.g. zlib should be on by default, then this > belongs > in profiles.
We don't agree that it belongs on by default. And I never said they shouldn't be enabled in a profile. I said they shouldn't be enabled in the BASE profile. If you enable them in, say, the desktop profile that I have the option of not using, I'm fine with that.