On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 02:28:47PM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Dustin C. Hatch <admiraln...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The package defaults have gotten out of hand, in my opinion. I use > > default/linux/amd64/10.0 on all my machines and my /etc/portage/package.use > > directories have dozens of -flag entries for packages with ridiculous > > defaults, and almost none that come from the profile. I'm considering > > removing pkginternal from USE_ORDER. > > And this is the problem with having the default profile be really > minimal. It just moves the problem into per-package defaults that are > much more painful to override.
I don't think changing the profile is the solution. I doubt that dozens of maintainers will immediately unset unwanted default USE flags simply because the default profile is made more bloated. As I mentioned in a previous message, my personal experience is that it's actually less work to start with "-*", and add as required, rather than to use defaults and then hack and slash at the unwanted stuff. Mind you, as per my sig, I run ICEWM and leave the extra ram for useful applications. We may simply have to admit that we can't please everybody. I suggest a "minimal" profile instead. It would boot to a text console, and have networking and portage, allowing you to build further. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
