From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A13C6139085 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:51:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60448E0E71; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:51:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F986E0E63 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:51:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.100.0.6] (host-37-191-238-78.lynet.no [37.191.238.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: k_f) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 67FF3341421 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:51:45 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] berkdb and gdbm in global USE defaults References: <1485503640.22895.2.camel@gentoo.org> <20170127083223.GK42019@gentoo.org> <5fa433b9-5057-b8e4-64f9-27ef2c67c400@gentoo.org> <1485534429.22895.8.camel@gentoo.org> <20170127164632.GA15438@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Kristian Fiskerstrand Message-ID: <7043f42e-8c14-777d-83bf-b1faec862315@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:51:39 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.6.0 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 In-Reply-To: <20170127164632.GA15438@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Aq2Coi0dmWRIhQ7VBnovI9q7QApQiIscK" X-Archives-Salt: 4bcb8b55-a37a-4d3b-9df2-2dee36564181 X-Archives-Hash: 688e08444b6c9a915a3ddc72a2ae1198 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --Aq2Coi0dmWRIhQ7VBnovI9q7QApQiIscK Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="LllEkgWhX9WL8fJJWFRi1XoocHxewnijd" From: Kristian Fiskerstrand Reply-To: k_f@gentoo.org To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <7043f42e-8c14-777d-83bf-b1faec862315@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] berkdb and gdbm in global USE defaults References: <1485503640.22895.2.camel@gentoo.org> <20170127083223.GK42019@gentoo.org> <5fa433b9-5057-b8e4-64f9-27ef2c67c400@gentoo.org> <1485534429.22895.8.camel@gentoo.org> <20170127164632.GA15438@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> In-Reply-To: <20170127164632.GA15438@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> --LllEkgWhX9WL8fJJWFRi1XoocHxewnijd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01/27/2017 05:46 PM, William Hubbs wrote: >> It breaks the highly sought after "Gentoo is about choice" mantra. >> In this case, choice to not care and have the best chosen for me. > Actually it doesn't. In this case the user should make a choice rather > than the maintainer silently making a choice behind their back. There is an argument to be made for sane defaults in profiles as well as default IUSE specification in this though to provide a better user experience, but the underlying mechanism should be explicit. --=20 Kristian Fiskerstrand OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 --LllEkgWhX9WL8fJJWFRi1XoocHxewnijd-- --Aq2Coi0dmWRIhQ7VBnovI9q7QApQiIscK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEtOrRIMf4mkrqRycHJQt6/tY3nYUFAliLepwACgkQJQt6/tY3 nYXVVgf7BNJXydD6qMjBxxpIxqtnnkgZUcFiBguZsLp6c9jDMhde0q6ROTuyf2g5 K7j6GDvSxsaDyzVv7aYoRsscDglolZ1AkEvcIafVpD94cshXmuXnvZ7+oGQEpNoM tWX5ck+JMHvnxmQxgtHAQEUyVmTo9x4xqEd1DcmHooLofaWDx3prmn4UYZ2VkmQP +TonIQwZMh9vV3+kfk6G0qNsG2SM3eb4mkfX9ZQhimquahgnETSiHxiZARoupPpe N68WdYwxMNg74tfFjJXwCDbx9w3py3bvY1qfjLUldLoi1kpxXTGBHQ17rwMpE/FR VUAW4RHFfqrqpuiS7J8CmAb3AtxdhA== =u5xW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Aq2Coi0dmWRIhQ7VBnovI9q7QApQiIscK--