On 07/09/2018 03:27 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote:
> On 09/07/18 23:12, Zac Medico wrote:
>> On 07/09/2018 02:34 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
>>> I'd mostly argue any such change should only affect new systems
>>>
>> Yes, changing defaults for existing systems would be annoying.
>>
>> My recommendation is to have catalyst set the new defaults in the stage
>> tarballs.
>>
>> When sys-apps/portage changes its internal defaults, I'd like for the
>> upgrade process to call a tool that generates configuration files when
>> necessary to ensure that the existing paths remain constant.
> I think it should be possible for RelEng to make a start on catalyst
> updates - is there anything that would inhibit going ahead with this,
> potentially?

No, nothing. Whatever catalyst puts it the default config will become
our new default.
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Thanks,
Zac