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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    [gentoo-dev]  Re: Re: Re: Re: New global USE flag: keyring
From:       Steve Long <slong () rathaus ! eclipse ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-04-23 1:22:25
Message-ID: fum31m$8au$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:29 +0100
> Steve Long <slong@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> 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.


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