Is that your blog? On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:32 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt...@o-sinc.com> wrote:
> I have been playing with some package sets and I like the concept of > sets quite a lot. However there is one big drawback. You cannot use a > package set in a profile. Or at least I do not think you can. I have > looked into it a bit and does not seem like it is possible. > > I know I can create a meta ebuild and use it like a package set. I > think it would be useful to have package sets be able to be used in a > profile like meta ebuilds. It would likely reduce the need or use of > meta packages. Not sure if there is any benefit to that approach over a > set. > > I think sets have benefits over meta packages. This was the most > comprehensive document on sets, benefits, uses, etc. Other than the > general docs on the wiki. > https://makuro.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/intro-to-portage-sets/ > > I would really like to be able to use package sets in profiles. I > think of use and benefit to others as well. > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. > -- Regards, [image: View my Portfolio] <https://lramage94.github.io> Lucas Ramage / Software Engineer ramage.luca...@gmail.com / (941)-467-2354 Visit online journal lramage94.github.io [image: Google Plus] <https://plus.google.com/+LucasRamage>[image: Linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lucas-ramage/4a/719/757>
