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Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 17:28:02 -0400
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE_EXPAND is not an IUSE replacement [was: New
USE_EXPAND: CLAWS_MAIL_PLUGINS]
From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
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On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Ren=C3=A9 Neumann <lists@necoro.eu> wrote:
> Am 03.05.2013 22:20, schrieb Zac Medico:
>> Is it worth changing?
>
> Nope. What's worth changing is the excessive use of USE_EXPAND for no
> reason (your described usecase makes sense for reasonable USE_EXPAND
> stuff like VIDEO_CARDS). But seems like I'm the only one concerned by
> this, so I should probably rest my case and switch to silent sobbing
> instead ;-).
>
> - Ren=C3=A9
>
Well, I do agree that they are overused. For example, GRUB_PLATFORMS
is used by only one package.
I would convert it back into a normal set of use flags, but that would
mean any users of sys-boot/grub:2 would have to update their
configuration. I don't think it is worth it at this point.