On 03/24/2018 01:33 PM, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:27:20 -0700 > Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> The defaults certainly do not work perfectly in all situations. However, >> there are a vast number of situations where using --autounmask-continue >> will make appropriate package.mask changes without the need for any user >> intervention. > > Its really handy for use flags. > > Its really handy for mixed arch/~arch where it promotes arch to ~arch as > needed. > > Its really really bad however to have a default of accepting ** and > package.unmask as a primary go-to solution.
That only happens when dependency satisfaction fails by normal means. > That default gets people using broken openssl and experimental packages > blindly without them ever having intended on getting into experimental > waters. If people can't be bothered to understand the meaning of package.mask and keywords changes, should they really be using Gentoo? -- Thanks, Zac
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