-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 11/08/15 03:13 PM, Gregory Woodbury wrote: > Is a possible solution something like an eselect module to > indicate the preferred interface kit? It could default to any > package that is available with a sequential set of preferred > order. Then ebuild would consult the eselect module, and users > who care can select the kit they want, and users who don't > care/know get the default. > > > Just a nickel's worth opinion. Due to inflation it isn't 2 cents > any more. >
Firstly, that's what USE flags are supposed to be for in the first place. Secondly, although something could be done within phase functions to deal with whatever the eselected iface-kit is, that afaik isn't something that would be permitted in global scope and so RDEPEND wouldn't be changed. Also I forsee major issues with binary packages, as right now the use flag settings partly determine whether a binpkg can be applied on another system based on that system's profile/use-flag settings (and those would now be gone). If you're talking instead about using an eselect module to adjust or auto-fill /etc/portage/package.use ..... i dunno. I think the metadata setup to get that right is is still going to be a lot of work for dev's to do (meaning it won't be done). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlXKUhwACgkQAJxUfCtlWe1WhQEAlpdOL975yR+jYyNQNZWKML6l ZJlKzxrEKM1JMfLs+acA/0ypsvc/DLULgZWqZY7t+KdbappPNlI/K6YJDPyeKtS7 =/9HJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
