From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp03.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (smtp.nuvox.net [64.89.70.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j3SFNKBs002072 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:23:21 GMT Received: from cgianelloni.nuvox.net (216.215.202.4.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.202.4]) by smtp03.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j3SFNPwI032010 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:23:25 -0400 Received: by cgianelloni.nuvox.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:23:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050428134122.GC19892@toucan.gentoo.org> References: <1114677003.14869.14.camel@sponge.fungus> <20050428134122.GC19892@toucan.gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qpz6znjQyQlbodesMFPj" Organization: Gentoo Linux Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:23:09 -0400 Message-Id: <1114701790.889.97.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 X-Archives-Salt: d246e0f5-32ae-4d1e-ac12-2cedfc4829c1 X-Archives-Hash: 97a7688f4f5c6ac57240461901410a72 --=-qpz6znjQyQlbodesMFPj Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 13:41 +0000, Cory Visi wrote: > Why do we even need a USE flag for this? The logrotate config files are=20 > max, 4k. Just include the config file with your ebuild, which is what I=20 > have done up until now. A user can either run logrotate or not. This=20 > isn't about turning on a feature, it's about saving 4k. I don't think=20 > it's worth it; I feel like USE flags are getting completely out of=20 > control. Maybe for embedded or livecd? Maybe for people that don't use logrotate? Personally, I don't see an issue with it either way. While USE flags are growing in number, we at least try to make sure they have a use before adding them. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager Games - Developer Gentoo Linux --=-qpz6znjQyQlbodesMFPj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCcP/dkT4lNIS36YERAj65AJ0bD8KLs9UHq/gsP+Fni2DQ4nvmOwCfTQkv hi3oa0qKq7h6G6G/FG8lgcY= =FxTs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qpz6znjQyQlbodesMFPj-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list