Brian Harring wrote: >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 > > How close is that ability to portage? Is there interest/room for help/work towards it? I would like to see a more sensible approach to establishing default settings (USE flags not the only thing here). Would help the confusion, and end some of the arts/no-arts, eds/no-eds madness.
Would also aid end users in beginning to customize their system rather than simply using a default setup. What about the other 3 problems I myself raised? -Chandler Carruth -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
