On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:02:29 +0100
Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry to get technical but how difficult is it really to change USE
> flag names? I appreciate that users are out of sync yadda yadda, but
> could this kind of thing not be considered out of band data similar
> to news?
>
> I accept that portage has to maintain compatibility but aiui the old
> way of doing this was simply depending on a version of portage that
> had the capability. Since we're only talking about ~10 packages, is
> that so much of a hardship?
>
> After all, I'm sure the other manglers don't lag behind emerge, based
> on the hyperbole. Do they?
I'm deeply sorry. I read all of that three times and while it seemed to
make sense the first time, by the third time I saw the error of my ways.
Kind regards,
JeR
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