Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCHES] Remove --autounmask, rename --autounmask-write to --autounmask

2013-11-22 Thread Alexander Berntsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 22/11/13 06:37, Duncan wrote: > emerge --ask foo would also do what is currently done by: emerge > --ask --autounmask-write foo > > Which is exactly what I said, and what you're now saying it won't > do, while pointing at comment 10 which says e

[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCHES] Remove --autounmask, rename --autounmask-write to --autounmask

2013-11-21 Thread Duncan
Alexander Berntsen posted on Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:23:50 +0100 as excerpted: >> 4) You're saying emerge --ask foo would write the config > No. Please read comment 10[0]. Quoting one example from comment 10: emerge --ask foo would also do what is currently done by: emerge --ask --autounmask-write

[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCHES] Remove --autounmask, rename --autounmask-write to --autounmask

2013-11-21 Thread Duncan
Alexander Berntsen posted on Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:03:36 +0100 as excerpted: > On 21/11/13 12:19, Duncan wrote: >> I'm with zmedico in comment #11, and *STRONGLY* oppose this change as >> you're proposing. Current autounmask is **NOT** useless. > How is it not? Consider comment 6[0] and 10[1]. I r

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCHES] Remove --autounmask, rename --autounmask-write to --autounmask

2013-11-21 Thread Alexander Berntsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 21/11/13 14:34, Duncan wrote: > I read comment 10, and am objecting based on it You have fundamentally misunderstood everything in it. Please reread it. > 1) Because the dependency calculations take time, I normally use > --ask so I don't have t

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCHES] Remove --autounmask, rename --autounmask-write to --autounmask

2013-11-21 Thread Alexander Berntsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 21/11/13 12:19, Duncan wrote: > I'm with zmedico in comment #11, and *STRONGLY* oppose this change > as you're proposing. Current autounmask is **NOT** useless. How is it not? Consider comment 6[0] and 10[1]. > FWIW, I have a very specific port

[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCHES] Remove --autounmask, rename --autounmask-write to --autounmask

2013-11-21 Thread Duncan
Alexander Berntsen posted on Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:21:02 +0100 as excerpted: > After talking to zmedico privately, and raising the issue and discussing > it with people in bug #481578[0], I implemented the behaviour described > in a comment[1] on said bug. > > I sent this to zmedico almost two mont