From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE72B1395E7 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2015 21:22:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1E901402B; Sun, 2 Aug 2015 21:22:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com (mail-wi0-f180.google.com [209.85.212.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB9B01401C for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2015 21:22:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibud3 with SMTP id ud3so90543655wib.0 for ; Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:22:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=Jrq72mPhVYg+mF52/2siZ6lp60XtgCD3L7D9Cjnlgbo=; b=zRF2LQ5eXOzYU8j1BbsJMIXbgp8GYvCT+lc0rGhG++0aeoR/Smy5XazqNe35L1yuva OhDdvXI01DLCGGltzeGtcClE+qg1C7o5+bJJe0H8sECapCJMPC+lDVifU6YbGR9GrT58 1GpfP8/vZbnsPIAsI2vQzqRMpqtC3/l9wggg8q27ZD4eXOTuGy/bE3NCmHnWhTOAfWKY uQDJPgXNGspPlQnBgDNnh79F7YraSAsEAXXlPKwefyHML7wdjm37vqxHpDbRopiEqzAC sl2mxf2DjIGmLhXoD+yF8uwULYN+B+HCRUDS5FI8deWxdFY6gFNl6XRSPs5XSdGkWekW y6mQ== X-Received: by 10.194.52.105 with SMTP id s9mr27472772wjo.53.1438550553580; Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:22:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc67371-broo7-2-0-cust693.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [82.28.182.182]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s16sm10030836wib.16.2015.08.02.14.22.32 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:22:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 22:22:28 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] useflag policies Message-ID: <20150802222228.128f91e2@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <636F964E-D55C-490F-A09D-325E5B79BF46@gentoo.org> References: <636F964E-D55C-490F-A09D-325E5B79BF46@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.26; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/S7tTsfT0sVB.md.oZaWNJfx"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 4a99d018-ae44-4f58-b30f-4dc4a92eb924 X-Archives-Hash: 70c85b380a9dd4a506f552305d3b2892 --Sig_/S7tTsfT0sVB.md.oZaWNJfx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 17:14:47 -0400 NP-Hardass wrote: > ^^ has the pleasant side effect of being easier to read, as a user. > The user receives a message saying "at-most-one-of" instead of some > convoluted other expression that they don't understand.=20 >=20 > I am all for the use of ^^ add the default for this reason. >=20 > Additionally, ?? has the same effect of being easy to understand as > the description in the error message is in plain English. If you cared about readability, you'd use pkg_pretend. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/S7tTsfT0sVB.md.oZaWNJfx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlW+ihQACgkQ96zL6DUtXhHSjACgua+hpjFIvTTckCOBA8BfsOOR sQ4AnAh2nS6BREhGdvii4zo7h3uBlvR1 =Mylo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/S7tTsfT0sVB.md.oZaWNJfx--