Op 15 nov. 2011, om 16:12 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:

> On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 15:55 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
>> Op 15 nov. 2011, om 15:42 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:
>> 
>>> On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 14:59 +0100, Koen Kooi wrote:
>>>> Op 15 nov. 2011, om 14:43 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:
>>>>> To put this quite simply, I think there is no good reason we shouldn't
>>>>> use the mechanism we've selected to handle this kind of problem. We
>>>>> should have defaults the reflect backwards compatibility. Other than
>>>>> that where is the problem other than a general objection to
>>>>> PACKAGECONFIG?
>>>> 
>>>> It forces a choice when there is a solution where things can coexist.
>>> 
>>> There are multiple ways of coexisting and the configuration changing
>>> based on DISTRO_FEATURES doesn't force a choice either.
>> 
>> It does force a choice, since you don't want to change DISTRO_FEATURES
>> when distributing binaries. If changing it is safe, then it isn't a
>> DISTRO_FEATURE.
> 
> I'd expect a given distro to be able to figure out in advance whether it
> intends to have X11 or not?
> 
> If unsure you leave it present...
> 
> I really don't see the problem here.

The patch here doesn't use 'x11', but 'gui' as PACKAGECONFIG. Triggering on x11 
is fine in this case.

regards,

Koen

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