On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 11:00:02PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 18:01 on Saturday 14 May 2011, Indi did opine > thusly: > > > > > Sounds like the old "6 of one, a half-dozen of the other" to me... > > What makes the subtractive method better? > > It's not subtractive as disabling a flag globally and enabling it when needed > is the same thing negated. > > I'm pointing out that by their nature, most global USE flags are exactly that > - intended to be global, especially those in use.desc. For the most part the > user will want the support they provide to be global. When that is not the > case (the lesser case), an option exists to override the global setting in > package.use > > What you proposed is that one never use global flags and always > enable/disable > them package by package. That gets really tedious with flags used in many > ebuilds, such as USE=gtk. > > Abstaction is good, leverage it to gain the benefits when it works in your > favour. >
No, I do not propose that one never use global use flags. I just employ them very selectively, which is best for my needs. -- caveat utilitor ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫
