On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:03:25 -0700
Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > runtime-switchable USE flags for optional dependencies o.O? It
> > sounds like using a spoon to eat spaghetti to me.
> 
> All suggested deps are not equal, so USE flags give you the ability to
> pick and choose the ones that you want.

So does --take / --ignore with suggested dependencies, with the added
advantage that suggested packages don't end up being brought in without
user request just because a user has a particular use flag enabled
globally.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh