On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:39:20 +0300 Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 09/08/13 04:05, Zac Medico wrote: > > > This seems like a possible applicatio for "mix-in" profiles like > > Funtoo uses: > > > > http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Flavors_and_Mix-ins Thanks, that definitely looks interesting; reading it I actually would love to see this implemented to ease the user from switching from one to another init system, or whatever needs switching in the future. > What if eg. profiles/targets/desktop would have sub directory > > profiles/targets/desktop/systemd which would have a 'parent' of '..' > with USE="-consolekit systemd" and more importantly, the could-be > kludge to setup the /usr-move, the could-be environment variable to > disable functionality of gen_usr_ldscript... > > profiles/targets/desktop/gnome with 'parent' of '..' and > '../../systemd' ... Let me stop you right here; part of this idea came to mind yesterday, but I saw a flaw in it so I did not suggest it: What if a certain profile needs to support two such profiles (eg. upstart and systemd) that have conflicting choices (eg. one profile lists -systemd, the other systemd); then you can no longer list both as a parent as they will simply clash and make conflicting changes. Of course this isn't a problem for this situation, but it may become a problem in a future situation if we're going to follow this practice; that's why I think now that mix-in profiles fit the purpose better. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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