On 11/27/2015 06:10 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 14:46 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:35:39 +0000 >> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernl...@infinera.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 13:46 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: >>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:45:48 +0000 >>>> Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernl...@infinera.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 2015-11-27 at 00:41 -0800, Zac Medico wrote: >>>>>> On 11/27/2015 12:24 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: >>>>>>> On a related note, could not profile-formats = portage-2 profile-set >>>>>>> become default ? >>>>>> >>>>>> For purposes of interoperability, we use PMS to document the standard >>>>>> profile format. So, in order to change the default profile format as you >>>>>> suggest, we would have to change PMS retroactively. Generally, >>>>>> retroactive changes to PMS need to be very well justified in order to be >>>>>> accepted. >>>>> >>>>> hmm, how about in gentoo layout.conf? >>>>> There seems to be additions there so perhaps one can add >>>>> profile-formats = portage-2 profile-set ? >>>> >>>> This will break the two alternative package managers as profile-set is >>>> only implemented in Portage. >>> >>> What about: >>> # Use thin Manifests for Git >>> thin-manifests = false >>> >>> # Sign Git commits, and NOT Manifests >>> sign-commits = false >>> sign-manifests = false >>> >>> Are these not fairly new too? How could these enter the gentoo repo? >> >> Hardly. They were both supported for a few years now (and used in many >> repositories), and considered useful. >> >>> What about adding portage-2 now and announce profile-set to be added soon? >> >> Why? Most of us don't even have a clue what is it and how it works. >> In fact, the name 'portage-*' implies it's non-standard extension that >> can't be used where portability matters. >> > > portage-2 allows stacking of (custom) profiles, very useful I think. > profile-set I think is needed for the @profile set, impl. in > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532224 > > Jocke >
You can open a separate [Future EAPI] bug for each feature that you would like added to PMS. For example: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282296 -- Thanks, Zac
