On Fri, 2017-08-11 at 19:50 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> 
> == New revisions for USE flag changes ==
> 
> I suggest that in hindsight, we can do better.

Not all IUSE changes are equal and thus a policy that treats them all
the same doesn't make sense to me. Maintainers are in a better position
to judge whether or not a new revision is needed. 

> == tl;dr ==
> 
> We would be better off with respect to IUSE changes and revisions if
> we
> deleted the --changed-use and --newuse flags right now, and just
> required developers to revbump when changing IUSE.

I don't see how these flags can be removed. You are describing a
policy, but this won't change the fact that IUSE changes are still
technically possible and will still happen, intentional or otherwise.

Hans