Mike Gilbert wrote: >> There are people that don't want c++ and gcc:4.7 can still bootstrap >> without. >> > > Those people "know what they are doing" and could un-force the use > flag. That would prevent people from accidentally disabling it via > USE="-*".
Are we talking about forcing +cxx globally or for gcc (+toolchain)? Has this been a major problem in the past? Shouldn't people who set USE="-*" also "know what they are doing"? > I'm not normally one to prevent people from shooting themselves, but > in this case the safety would be simple to toggle. What if there was some other reason someone had to set a +cxx for some package in package.use.force, and I'm missing out that reason with my -cxx in profiles/package.use.force that I need to circumvent your safety-measure?
