Re: [gentoo-dev] special small-files USE flag without effect on dependencies: [ unicode ]

[stefan11111 <stefan11111@shitposting.expert>]

On 2024-02-09 21:56, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> On 2/9/24 4:25 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>> This is the part where you try to convince me that the things I want
>> are stupid. OK. I don't care. I want it off. Leave me alone :)
> 
> 
> As evidenced by the removal of libressl and eudev, this logic is
> fallacious and wrong and not the way Gentoo is developed.
> 

Both removals definitely not still being contested and debated.

> Gentoo does indeed discuss the things that people want, and try to
> determine whether they are useful to users, whether they are a placebo,
> and whether they are maintainable or have an adverse effect either on
> users or on the effort to maintain a consistent tree.
> 
> So circling back around to the start of the thread:
> 
>> pkgcheck complains about each new version of dev-lisp/sbcl:
> 
> It is the allegation of the QA team that the option is a lie, it
> contains no purpose or value and doesn't contribute to use choice, and
> pkgcheck is reporting the QA team's allegation.
> 
> If you wish to convince the QA team otherwise, be my guest... but I
> would personally encourage you to come up with a better argument than
> "the option makes me feel better about myself, I don't care what you
> have to say, just leave my options alone goshdarnit; I have the right 
> to
> be stupid".
> 
> Because I don't think you're likely to convince anyone like that. 
> Sorry.

Maybe support as much choice as possible, and not act like you know what 
users want better that the users themselves.

-- 
Linux-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5-7400_CPU_@_3.00GHz

COMMON_FLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=native -ftree-vectorize -ffast-math 
-funswitch-loops -fuse-linker-plugin -flto -fdevirtualize-at-ltrans 
-fno-plt -fno-semantic-interposition -fno-common -falign-functions=64 
-fgraphite-identity -floop-nest-optimize"

USE="-* git verify-sig rsync-verify man alsa X grub ssl ipv6 lto 
libressl olde-gentoo asm native-symlinks threads jit jumbo-build minimal 
strip system-man"

INSTALL_MASK="/etc/systemd /lib/systemd /usr/lib/systemd 
/usr/lib/modules-load.d /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d *tmpfiles* /var/lib/dbus 
/lib/udev /usr/share/icons /usr/share/applications 
/usr/share/gtk-3.0/emoji"