Re: [gentoo-doc] Portage per-package environment/behavior

[Sven Vermeulen <swift@gentoo.org>]

On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 10:54:20AM -0800, Joshua Saddler wrote:
> > I disagree. It is actively being suggested on #gentoo, and we
> > already document features that could (or even will) result in
> > RESO:WONTFIX, like using ~arch (both for a small set of packages as
> > well as the entire system).
> 
> and who's suggesting it on #gentoo? users? devs? we need to talk to
> the portage team and anyone else that would have to troubleshoot
> build fixes caused by (ab)using it. if we get the okay from them,
> then something like your proposed text should be added to the
> handbook.

I'll bring it through -dev just to be sure.

Regarding #gentoo suggestions, a quick grep in my logs shows it being
mentinoed about twice a week, mostly by users (there aren't that many
developers on it) but also a few developers (amongst some in the qa team).

Of course, that's not considering the context of the discussion - it may be
very well a specific scenario there.

Wkr,
	Sven Vermeulen