On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 11:28:17PM -0500, Chandler Carruth wrote: > It occurs to me that this could be (to an extent) accomplished by having > a few more "specialized" subprofiles for x86: base, desktop, gnome, and kde. > > base - as the name implies, a _basic_ starting point... very similar to > server profiles, etc. veeery minimal. > desktop - almost identical to the current USE flags -- what Joe Q. User > "should" have to be safe, and have programs function as expected. > gnome / kde - slight specializations of the above to tailor the use > flags for one desktop environ or the other.. > > Problems? > 1) heavier usage and depth of the profile, making where things come in > more and more obscure. > 2) could lead to proliferation of environment tailored "desktop" > derivatives. (xfce, fluxbox, the list could go on) This may not be a > problem as many distros have successfully divided between KDE and Gnome, > and the base / desktop profiles would allow users ways to customize, as > always. > 3) there is _no_ functionality added by any of this, only > "user-friendliness" after a fashion, and as such, perhaps it should all > be chucked in favor of having users competently declare their own global > USE flags during the install, however I doubt that'll get very far. *shrug*
4) need for the ability to inherit multiple parent profiles. Otherwise, x86 desktop profile is not guranteed in anyway to reflect sparc desktop profile (yes, somewhat the case now). A gnome desktop profile would make sense imo, but from a work standpoint is totally dependant on ability to inherit multiple parents. ~harring
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