Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:29 +0100 > Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sorry to get technical but how difficult is it really to change USE >> flag names? I appreciate that users are out of sync yadda yadda, but >> could this kind of thing not be considered out of band data similar >> to news? >> >> I accept that portage has to maintain compatibility but aiui the old >> way of doing this was simply depending on a version of portage that >> had the capability. Since we're only talking about ~10 packages, is >> that so much of a hardship? >> >> After all, I'm sure the other manglers don't lag behind emerge, based >> on the hyperbole. Do they? > > I'm deeply sorry. I read all of that three times and while it seemed to > make sense the first time, by the third time I saw the error of my ways. > You've lost me; if I've caused you offence somehow please accept my apology and mail me off-list to tell me how.
Regards, Steve. -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
