On 12/07/17 04:22, Walter Dnes wrote: > > Step back for a minute, and relax. There is a reason you're getting > blowback. You're asking for changes that would affect everybody else. > This is similar in principle to what Lennart Poettering did, and you're > getting the same reaction he got. I understand that *YOU* want changes > to how Portage works on *YOUR* machine. No problem. Set > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in make.conf. If you want excruciating detail on > --depclean then check the small script I posted elsewhere in this > thread. Portage has many customization options; use them. > > If you can't be bothered to use available customization options to set > up your machine to your liking, but ask for a change of defaults that > also affects everybody else, don't be surprised at the negative reaction. > You would've gotten a much better reception, if you had gone to the > gentoo-user list and asked "How do I tweak Portage to do this, that, and > the other". > +1
Of course, you can do what Poettering did, and write your own solution .. or fork portage to do things the way -you- want .. but don't reinvent the wheel for the rest of us .. that's what Choice and Gentoo is all about ...
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