From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j28KiRIZ009582 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:44:27 GMT Received: from smtp2.clear.net.nz ([203.97.37.27]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1D8lZ3-0001HA-Rb for gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2005 20:44:26 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.106] (tempest-amkp.christchurch.clix.net.nz [203.97.10.134]) by smtp2.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with ESMTP id <0ID100A2ZW8OW9@smtp2.clear.net.nz> for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:43:37 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:43:50 +1300 From: Jerome Brown Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 29 (USE groups) and negatives In-reply-to: <1110311465.9520.247.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> To: gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org Message-id: <422E0E86.6000909@hub.net.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050119) X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime References: <20050306162849.247c8c8f@snowdrop> <422DF989.3090206@hub.net.nz> <1110311465.9520.247.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> X-Archives-Salt: 06b9db12-d106-4f5d-939b-897a15ebd61a X-Archives-Hash: a9cc0c07ffb9a095bc2bae848fe364f1 Chris Gianelloni 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 > > > Then again, I don't think that flags should be specified in more than > one group. > > If it doesn't fit into a group, then don't group it. If it fits into > multiple groups, then either pick one and stick with it, or don't group > it. I agree on this point, but wonder if it will be too restrictive to enforce. Also, with to proposal to allow users to create their own groups, they may want a unique combination of flags which they setup in their overlay, which would violate the only in one group idea. The other place that a flag may need to be in multiple groups could be where local use flags are concerned, and they are related differently. (I know this is an unlikely situation, but then we are Gentoo Users and want to push the environs of what is possible/reasonable :) ) -- Jerome Brown Technology Architect Hub.Net P: +64 3 961-5116 M: +64 29 453 7663 F: +64 3 961-5129 E: jerome@hub.net.nz W: http://www.hub.net.nz/ O: Level 4, 818 Colombo St, Christchurch, New Zealand S: PO Box 1879, Christchurch, New Zealand -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list