On 10/11/2011 02:04 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera > (klondike) <klond...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> So, is there any reason for this behaviour? Shouldn't build dependencies >> either be cleaned with --depclean after building or be upgraded to avoid >> possible issues? >> > > I agree: with-bdeps should either default to y or n across the board. > > I understand the idea behind turning it on for depclean to reduce the > amount uninstalls/re-installs, but I think that really just introduces > more confusion than the time savings is worth.
Changing defaults is also confusing. Changing defaults to values that are the opposite of what most people want is even more confusing. I think the existing defaults are fine. If people are confused by them, then I think they just need some documentation to clarify the reasons for the existing defaults. -- Thanks, Zac
