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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:08:54 -0400
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Improve description of USE=test
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 10:45 AM Kent Fredric <kentnl@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:27:01 -0400
> Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> > If you want to define behavior that can be relied upon in ebuilds, it
> > should be specified in PMS. PMS does not define any meaning for the
> > "test" USE flag.
>
> We should eschew idealism about how the world *should* behave, and avoid
> making portage a steaming garbage heap in order to comply with a
> terrible PMS specification of a heavily used feature.

Portage still works just fine for most people who would enable
FEATURES=test. Stop exaggerating.