On 20:26 Mon 09 Mar , Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:49:16 +0100 > Tiziano Müller <dev-z...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pPAJXP6shYH78lCXeqRqCUQ > > Here're some more easy ones.
This list sounds mostly good to me. > * Limit values in $USE to ones in $IUSE (bug 176467). The existing > behaviour's majorly annoying; time for the package manager to start > enforcing things strictly. I really like this one, and I've wanted it for a wihle. > Not sure if these can go in in time for Portage or not: > > * Utility commands, even the ones that aren't functions, should die. To > get a non-die version, prefix the command with nonfatal (e.g. > 'nonfatal dodoc README', which just returns non-zero on failure > rather than splatting). Sounds useful to have less '|| die' all over the place. > * Calling unpack on an unrecognised extension should be fatal, unless > --if-compressed is specified. The default src_unpack needs to use > this. Why? -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
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