Chris Gianelloni wrote:
On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 00:28 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
- base doesnt define any USE
- default-linux defines a few local xorg USE (because no one has given us the
ability to control default USE via IUSE yet :P)
{x86,amd64}/make.defaults has the 'bloated' USE because every single sub x86
and amd64 profile had the same USE in them ... if you want to re-push them
into subprofiles like 200[45].[01], that's fine by me ... will have to check
with wolf/releng so they dont revert it :P
We've actually been talking about making the profiles more like this,
but really need to weigh the additional work required to validate them
before we go deciding that we're going to start adding profiles for
specific uses. I tend to believe that if we start adding them, we'll
soon be bombarded with "I want a $x profile because I don't like this
one USE flag" kind of bugs. It's much easier to say "this is our
defaults, change them as you like" than it is to provide multiple sets
of "defaults" all of which are completely arbitrary.
That's for sure that will happen. I also agree with keeping a default
and letting the users build their own profiles out of it.
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