OK, so because every 3rd gnome user is not able to add the proper use flag
to make.conf, every non-gnome user is stuck with investigating and putting
-eds into make.conf to avoid pulling in gnome crap. Wonderful.
Yes, I am ranting, because this kind of use flags basically pulls in huge
number or unwanted dependencies; exactly the same thing with motif - would
someone explain why the heck do do we need this thing in make.defaults?
I can say the same thing for people who are to lazy to add the proper
-use flag(when it is much more obvious that deps you don't want are
being pulled in compared to support you do want not being compiled in).
Unless this is going to go beyond ranting, there isn't much point from
either side.
In this case, you are wrong. These USE flags are not doing what they
are intended to do because of eds. If a user explicitly sets -gtk
-gnome, and gnome *still* is pulled in because of eds in the default
profile, this is broken behavior. I also suspect that "every 3rd gnome
user" is a minority compared to the number of folks who are affected by
forcing eds.
-Steve
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