From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JjDgY-0003i7-Ni for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:16:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A22DCE0602; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:16:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 616F2E0602 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:16:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from loonquawl.digimed.co.uk (loonquawl.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A817C329F4F for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:16:16 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:16:16 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: "emerge -DuvatN world" doesn't show all upgradeable packages Message-ID: <20080408141616.334ee6f7@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1326240.XvfEZOQFu1@schmarck.cn> References: <2577300.OLZLf1hHOn@schmarck.cn> <20080408114436.4b5285b2@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <1971498.rAt26meG94@schmarck.cn> <200804081312.52849.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <5573059.kmkQssb8iy@schmarck.cn> <20080408132916.6f5448a8@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> <1326240.XvfEZOQFu1@schmarck.cn> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1cvs54 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Face: 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 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/c7dTskgJ77_KNuW/iw=s20R"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: ba3294d0-2c7c-46ea-b0a8-ac0ecf337cce X-Archives-Hash: 4d51671479480eb7ee7a44961e70cd84 --Sig_/c7dTskgJ77_KNuW/iw=s20R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:36:45 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: > >> Which majorly sucks, as there are good reasons why the packages > >> should NOT be the way they are right now. =20 > >=20 > > Such as? =20 >=20 > Finer control, without cluttering the world file. What could be finer than picking which packages you want to install. The KDE meta packages are for people who don't want fine control. > > Hint: uncluttering the world file is not a reason for changing the > > ebuilds, =20 >=20 > Why not? 1) Because a cluttered world file is hardly a big deal, and far less likely to have unforeseen consequences than a cluttered USE list and package.use file. 2) Because if the format does become too unwieldy for the job, fix the format instead of kludging around with ebuilds. --=20 Neil Bothwick The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. * Bohr --Sig_/c7dTskgJ77_KNuW/iw=s20R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkf7cCAACgkQum4al0N1GQOZYACfWholAdmFyOQEa/wMFARu39kc nmkAnjzaELELwfqvJdKVlp9HwNA13u2d =gudN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/c7dTskgJ77_KNuW/iw=s20R-- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list