From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31879 invoked by uid 1002); 7 Sep 2003 17:24:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 2087 invoked from network); 7 Sep 2003 17:24:22 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: Chris Gianelloni Cc: Steven Elling , Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <1062952988.27390.12.camel@vertigo> References: <200309061848.54494.ellings@kcnet.com> <20030906235642.GA22596@cerberus.oppresses.us> <200309061926.08828.ellings@kcnet.com> <1062896271.20020.28.camel@vertigo> <1062904114.8455.62.camel@nosferatu.lan> <1062952988.27390.12.camel@vertigo> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-PG0BtNxfsluNukphN1m+" Message-Id: <1062955665.8455.137.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 19:27:45 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions X-Archives-Salt: eeacb52d-2967-48e1-8477-f1a30b1a0e18 X-Archives-Hash: 6819a754bf3fb173ff71589e6e415a0f --=-PG0BtNxfsluNukphN1m+ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 18:43, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > >=20 > > What happened to CONFIG_PROTECT and you having control? > > Just mv the thing to make.conf.orig and edit a clean > > file, or if you really want it to stay the same to see > > what additions there is in future, leave as is, and > > just put a 'source /etc/make.conf.foo' in there, and > > add your changes to /etc/make.conf.foo. >=20 > It has nothing to do with a clean file and more to do with the ease of > changing make.conf and make.globals. Having the documentation for a > file that needs to be changed in the file itself just seems sloppy to > me. >=20 This is not the only issue - check some of my later posts. > > Come on guys, think what is best for the *distro* (meaning, > > what will work best for the other 90% of users, and not > > necessary for you ...). >=20 > I am thinking what is best for the distribution. I use alternate > methods on my machines. I speak here mostly on feedback I have gotten > from users I know personally and have talked to online, along with my my > own feelings. I will ask again - if you did not physically have to merge 10/20+ config files every time, would it still be such an issue ?=20 As I posted in other mails - there are a few good reasons why we do things as we do, and the CONFIG_EXCLUDE might be a solution to the 'problem' (which in my opinion is still not CONFIG_PROTECT or 100% the comments in the config files, but rather the 'merge process needed for config files). --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa --=-PG0BtNxfsluNukphN1m+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/W2qRqburzKaJYLYRAkD5AKCPSUDeBtlAA+FWbh12q+Hkz+99HQCeO/eI dtyParKZWWE6hDfuIgrTluo= =/cIz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-PG0BtNxfsluNukphN1m+--