You probably want to post this to the Bug site, which has an enhancement request section. Go to: http://bugs.gentoo.org/ for more information.
I think it is a good idea. I myself run ~x86 on my desktop and weekly update the system and world. I have had no issues. Of course, your mileage may vary 8> Ben Ricker On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 11:44, Spundun Bhatt wrote: > Hi Gentoo-user, > First of all thank you for all the good work, I tried both redhat-8 and > linux-from-scratch, but gentoo was the thing I was looking for. > > In last few days there was a discussion on the comparison of whether to > use ~x86 or not in the make.conf. > > It seemed like most people wouldnt want to play with the essential > system components too soon.. I feel the same. I was wondering if we > could add a keyword like ~x86-nosystem which would allow the ~x86 masked > packages from world which are not part of system. > > Does this sound practical? I cannot think of the problems that could > possiby occure due to this. > I would appreciate +ve/-ve feedback ideas/happiness/dissappointments > about this > Thanx > Spundun > ps: sorry for the bulk of spelling mistakes in my last mail. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Ben Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wellinx.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list