hasufell wrote: <snip>
If we support disabling all useflags on package level (and we do), then we support disabling all on global level as well. All _unexpected_ breakage that occurs due to that are ebuild bugs that have incorrect dependencies or missing REQUIRED_USE constraints. Defaults are just a usability thing, nothing more.
Amen. The notion that a particular USE flag combination is 'wrong' for a package is nonsensical. The notion that a user is culpable for QA issues that are solely the preserve of the maintainer even the more so. Any such issues should either be fixed or the options afforded to the user redacted if the maintainer is unwilling or incapable of supporting them. Scolding those users who have the audacity to configure Gentoo to serve their requirements is a distraction, to put it politely.
--Kerin
