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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: IUSE="minimal" seems like a bad idea
From:       Michał Górny <mgorny () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2010-11-21 21:54:48
Message-ID: 20101121225448.2105e10f () pomiocik ! lan
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:51:04 +0000 (UTC)
Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:

> The suggestion as I read it is to have, for instance, a "vim-minimal"
> flag (IOW, one per package), the idea being to prevent someone from
> sticking minimal in their global USE flags and having all sorts of
> stuff "break" as a result.

That's pretty pointless. Most of those packages use the 'minimal' flag
in a similar fashion, and your solution simply complicates things for
users.

If you wanted to remove 'minimal' from global USE flag list -- ok, I
don't mind that. But don't require ebuild authors to use stupid names
for their local flags just because you assume some users may misuse
them.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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