Diego Elio Pettenò schrieb: > On 13/02/2013 14:38, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/457082 >> Instead of USE defaults, this could be turned on in the desktop >> profile as wifi, radeon cards etc. are less likely to be present on >> non-desktop systems. > IIRC some server systems need ethernet cards' firmware though, so IUSE > defaults sounds better...
Indeed. Firmware is also needed for some RAID controllers. I imagine that users of the default profile are more likely to not need hand-holding here and more likely to want a lean system by default. But I have no strong opinion either way. Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
