On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 06:43:52PM +0100, Thomas Sachau wrote: > William Hubbs schrieb: > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:07:08PM -0400, Richard Freeman wrote: > >> R??mi Cardona wrote: > >>> Le 26/10/2009 22:58, Richard Freeman a ??crit : > >>>> Gentoo is about choice. > >>> No it isn't. Gentoo is about empowering users, giving them the ability > >>> and tools to _change_ the distro to _their_ needs. > >>> > >>> Gentoo does _not_ cater to all the possible needs. > >>> > >>> This is somewhat off-topic, but it irks me every time I see/hear it, so > >>> there. > >> Well, I'm not sure I see any contradiction. When people say that gentoo > >> is about choice, it means that we should give the end-user flexibility > >> whenever it is feasible. Of course that doesn't mean that there should > >> be a lunar-lander-in-a-box use flag. However, if KDE 4.2 includes a > >> lunar lander module we should in fact add such a flag for the benefit of > >> those of us who don't own space programs. > > > > Agreed. However, I think the discussion is around whether we should enable > > the lunar-lander-in-a-box use flag by default and where it should be > > enabled by us if we do enable it. > > > > Since profiles override IUSE defaults, if we enable the flag in the > > profiles, this means that it will be enabled for all packages that have > > the use flag, regardless of whether they are KDE related, unless the > > user disables the flag in make.conf or package.use. > > > > On the other hand, if we enable it with IUSE defaults at the > > package level, it lets the user decide whether or not they want it to be > > enabled for their entire system by editing make.conf. > > Are you sure about this part? Afaik IUSE defaults overrides make.conf, you > will have to explicitly > add an entry to package.use for every package, where it is enabled per IUSE > default.
I just tested this, and make.conf overrides iuse defaults. To verify this for yourself, pick a package with an iuse default turning on a flag, then turn off the flag in make.conf and check what would happen if you emerged the package. package.use overrides for a single package, but make.conf overrides for all of your system. -- William Hubbs gentoo accessibility team lead willi...@gentoo.org
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