On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > The decision was made long ago. Use flags are not the correct way to control > solely the installation of a few small files.
This was really the heart of the discussion where the decision was made before. USE flags should control things that affect dependencies, especially linked dependencies. If a package wants to pull in systemd or link to it, then it should have a USE flag if at all possible. Likewise if a package wants to pull in openrc or link to it then it should have a USE flag. When you're talking about just a few text files it isn't worth it. Those who disagree can use INSTALL_MASK and nuke them from orbit. Openrc isn't going anywhere as long as somebody cares to maintain it. I don't see that changing anytime soon, and if it does change the only thing its users can do is step up and maintain it (or pay somebody to do it for them). That's pretty-much how everything works on Gentoo, or any other volunteer distro. Don't worry about it - considering we had a few devs step up and fork udev I doubt openrc is going away anytime soon. Rich
