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 C21281381F3 for ; Fri, 3 May 2013 21:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3867AE08A5; Fri, 3 May 2013 21:28:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43AF7E088C for ; Fri, 3 May 2013 21:28:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-x229.google.com (mail-ia0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c02::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 37BEF33DD28 for ; Fri, 3 May 2013 21:28:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f169.google.com with SMTP id l29so1774124iag.28 for ; Fri, 03 May 2013 14:28:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iC+M/ktRL3yBhKiYgx78V6/PJbR/VIJ0hnXPrDq2PN4=; b=hM0HGZVyiWnmNJYnJFqLfrhkc7RyVMj3mO6y4i1oO82I350aO1yT4L79UeO8dwl3Rd 4TwNQoeLJye1+irInpMsv0pYw99ixSmj1+6+UKwSjvAWqU9qCMyQMr9ZNbQKGk4/9ykO kNj43ZkKrrcLBzR/4HDNiLCp53QdVVjgD4zqcQURJb4DArTd2M1wNHKRsLhMO+K/tuFq /b0eAc4zt1Iyi6cKJiwub5QRhc1wmg9xFqyoz0XmQb6tkqFEdSmW+WhLX4Q017u6BsNs 7sZKyETV4vASAs0PJZO1A41n6K5VusFA4IQlrUPd7Po/HWz9ULREiqBT9oNQW9WgW7kU dYtA== 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 X-Received: by 10.50.49.65 with SMTP id s1mr5857235ign.26.1367616482647; Fri, 03 May 2013 14:28:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.63.51 with HTTP; Fri, 3 May 2013 14:28:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5184274B.3080408@necoro.eu> References: <20130421233844.2b015d4d@gentoo.org> <5177AB1F.8020606@necoro.eu> <5183B4A7.2020704@necoro.eu> <51841BFF.2060809@gentoo.org> <5184274B.3080408@necoro.eu> Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 17:28:02 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE_EXPAND is not an IUSE replacement [was: New USE_EXPAND: CLAWS_MAIL_PLUGINS] From: Mike Gilbert To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 381a5fa4-fd92-466d-bf1d-563182766e74 X-Archives-Hash: b634973b633c185095d5b2403c9af53e On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Ren=C3=A9 Neumann 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.