From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailgw1.netvision.net.il ([194.90.1.14]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15NHoW-0003yw-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:42:16 -0600 Received: from localhost (ras5-p92.rlz.netvision.net.il [62.0.86.92]) by mailgw1.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA05192 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:42:28 +0300 (IDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dan Armak To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New system to replace USE flags X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <1DCB85BD45DED211B12D009027279E4F4767D7@murcury> <20010719084049.F32302@cvs.gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20010719084049.F32302@cvs.gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Technologies, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01071920410002.00589@localhost> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu Jul 19 11:43:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:41:00 +0300 X-Archives-Salt: 2b5292cc-ffc7-4648-9a06-ea4ea0da5442 X-Archives-Hash: c8ccf57cb315eb1618585e5a6c360869 On Thursday 19 July 2001 17:40, you wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 10:26:09AM -0400, Sean Mitchell wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dan Armak [mailto:ermak@netvision.net.il] > > > > > > No, No! This is a proprosition to *replace* USE flags. Thre > > > will be *only* > > > With flags. > > > > I see... I completely missed that rather key element. > > > > I dunno, Dan. It seems to me that is a bit drastic. I'm really much more > > in favour of supplementing the existing system which overall I rather > > like. Plus, that would invalidate all the work that Daniel and Achim and > > company are about to release. > > > > At any rate perhaps it is best to wait and see what the new system brings > > and in the meantime define what functionality is required. Then we could > > see what gaps the new system fills and then go from there. > > I agree :) Read what I just wrote in another place in the thread. I'm sorry if you misunderstood me, I didn't mean to suggest building again from scratch! I meant to extend the existing system and described a possible result of its extension. -- Dan Armak Gentoo Linux Developer Matan, Israel