From: Kerin Millar <kerframil@fastmail.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Portage performance dropped considerably
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:24:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52E90F33.8030208@fastmail.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52E7F1F7.2020508@gentoo.org>
hasufell wrote:
<snip>
> If we support disabling all useflags on package level (and we do),
> then we support disabling all on global level as well. All
> _unexpected_ breakage that occurs due to that are ebuild bugs that
> have incorrect dependencies or missing REQUIRED_USE constraints.
>
> Defaults are just a usability thing, nothing more.
Amen. The notion that a particular USE flag combination is 'wrong' for a
package is nonsensical. The notion that a user is culpable for QA issues
that are solely the preserve of the maintainer even the more so. Any
such issues should either be fixed or the options afforded to the user
redacted if the maintainer is unwilling or incapable of supporting them.
Scolding those users who have the audacity to configure Gentoo to serve
their requirements is a distraction, to put it politely.
--Kerin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-29 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-26 14:35 [gentoo-user] Portage performance dropped considerably Nikos Chantziaras
2014-01-26 14:44 ` hasufell
2014-01-26 14:50 ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
2014-01-26 15:24 ` eroen
2014-01-26 17:42 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-26 18:04 ` hasufell
2014-01-26 18:30 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-26 18:41 ` hasufell
2014-01-26 19:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-26 20:44 ` ny6p01
2014-01-27 5:03 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-27 9:27 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-01-26 23:26 ` William Hubbs
2014-01-26 23:36 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2014-01-27 0:44 ` Andreas K. Huettel
2014-01-27 11:44 ` hasufell
2014-01-28 1:34 ` Martin Vaeth
2014-01-28 3:19 ` hasufell
2014-01-28 17:45 ` Martin Vaeth
2014-01-28 18:07 ` hasufell
2014-01-29 14:24 ` Kerin Millar [this message]
2014-01-28 0:41 ` Walter Dnes
2014-01-28 1:42 ` Martin Vaeth
2014-01-28 4:02 ` Walter Dnes
2014-01-31 19:03 ` Andrew Savchenko
2014-01-31 19:13 ` Mick
2014-01-31 21:18 ` Andrew Savchenko
2014-01-31 22:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-02-02 9:40 ` Andrew Savchenko
2014-02-03 10:55 ` Martin Vaeth
2014-02-03 11:57 ` Greg Turner
2014-02-03 13:17 ` Martin Vaeth
2014-01-26 19:29 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2014-01-26 19:45 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-26 20:10 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2014-01-27 9:30 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-01-27 11:59 ` Tanstaafl
2014-01-27 13:06 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-27 13:57 ` hasufell
2014-01-27 21:48 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-01-27 21:54 ` hasufell
2014-01-27 22:57 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-01-27 23:35 ` hasufell
2014-01-28 1:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-02-03 14:04 ` Pandu Poluan
2014-02-03 14:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-02-03 16:38 ` Pandu Poluan
2014-02-04 5:12 ` Martin Vaeth
2014-01-28 1:50 ` Martin Vaeth
2014-01-30 3:50 ` hasufell
2014-01-30 18:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2014-01-31 20:08 ` hasufell
2014-01-26 19:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Volker Armin Hemmann
2014-01-26 19:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-01-27 12:06 ` Helmut Jarausch
2014-01-27 21:56 ` Stefan G. Weichinger
2014-01-26 15:53 ` [gentoo-user] " Mariusz Ceier
2014-01-31 17:23 ` Andrew Savchenko
2014-01-26 16:06 ` Florian Philipp
2014-01-26 16:15 ` hasufell
2014-01-26 17:52 ` Florian Philipp
2014-01-26 18:16 ` covici
2014-03-07 19:36 ` Tom Wijsman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-01-26 15:09 Greg Turner
2014-01-26 15:32 ` [gentoo-user] " eroen
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