Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 29 (USE groups) and negatives

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org>]

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On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:51:04 -0500 Chris Gianelloni
<wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
| On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 08:14 +1300, Jerome Brown wrote:
| > How about another option?
| > 
| > 6) Disallow -USE within groups, but allow -@GROUP
| 
| I like this option.

Ok, yeah, I'll buy that as a definite possibility.

| Why is X in either GNOME or KDE anyway?  It is separate from either,
| and should probably have its own group, if necessary.

Because in general, if a user wants a typical GNOME desktop, they'll
want the X USE flag enabled. Or at least, I assume they will...

| Then again, I don't think that flags should be specified in more than
| one group.

Way too limiting. Some flags are entirely worthwhile in more than one
context. Groups aren't primarily for categorisation, they're there for
quick USE selection.

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