On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:38:19 -0500 William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I always wondered why pkg_pretend never caught on. > > I to can see the advantage of it over REQUIRED_USE; it would allow the > package maintainer to give specific error messages about why use flag > combinations are invalid for a package. > > Without really knowing what the opposing viewpoint is, I think > pkg_pretend is the better way to go as well.
The opposing viewpoint was ferringb believing he could do "automatic dependency resolution" for a build server setup, without trying it and without an implementation, and that a human-readable pkg_pretend would somehow preclude that. (Incidentally, Exherbo has automatic dependency resolution for a build server setup, and human-readable messages, and it got there by trying stuff out before inflicting it upon everyone by diktat...) -- Ciaran McCreesh
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