On 20/02/2013 17:03, Rich Freeman wrote: > Dropping > or masking the packages doesn't fix the fact that they require a > network service to install - it just makes it harder to install the > package.
The reason why they are masked is because users who want to use a live ebuild will acknowledge that they know it might not install at all. No, we're not going to change this policy, so don't even suggest it -- Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes flamee...@flameeyes.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/