On 07/19/2018 05:51 PM, Ben Kohler wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to propose adding USE=udev to our linux profiles (in > profiles/default/linux/make.defaults probably). This flag is already > enabled on desktop profiles but it also affects quite a few packages > used on non-desktop linux systems. > > ... > > Any objections to this idea? >
Please add defaults per-package, only where they make sense. Enabling flags globally creates a huge headache for people that want them off. If I want to undo your new flag, I have to set USE="-udev" globally, and that clobbers any important per-package defaults that maintainers have set.
