On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 22:24:20 +0200 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Michał Górny wrote: > > > That said, I think we could go with some generic idea like this > > (assumes new GUI expand is being used): > > > [...] > > > 2. Packages use REQUIRED_USE to force an appropriate choice. > > That would be a policy violation. Packages should pick a reasonable > default if flags are conflicting, but not force users to micro-manage > their flags. Who did establish that *idiotic* policy and why is he still a developer? The whole *point of USE Flags* is to let people micro-manage stuff. Picking up a random default makes flags meaningless, confusing and makes it impossible to establish appropriate USE dependencies. -- Best regards, Michał Górny <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>
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