From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20929 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 12:23:49 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 27 Aug 2004 12:23:49 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C0flk-0001GK-Eu for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:23:48 +0000 Received: (qmail 18215 invoked by uid 89); 27 Aug 2004 12:23:47 +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 6084 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 12:23:45 +0000 From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:23:44 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200408231653.24708.mattam@gentoo.org> <200408251628.22318.mattam@gentoo.org> <200408251814.14791.vapier@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200408251814.14791.vapier@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200408271423.44894.pauldv@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New local or global USE flags for sdl bindings: noimage & nomixer X-Archives-Salt: 3e17177c-d4dd-48a1-b314-556aa8dfa8ba X-Archives-Hash: a4714422277ff6429dac3fa93bf6ee50 On Thursday 26 August 2004 00:14, Mike Frysinger wrote: > actually, how is this for an idea ... > instead of a file many people would have to update and sync across > different profiles (huge pita, look at some of the virtual issues for > example), what about if we extend the IUSE syntax ? then maintainers of > their own ebuilds can determine 'default' USE setting on a per-package and > even per-version basis ... I think it's a great idea. It would be a big step into really serious local useflags (automatic /etc/portage/package.use storage being the missing link). However I think that for this to be viable, we really really need those useflag dependencies in portage. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list