Funtoo is right.There shouldn't be a one-off USE flags hack done by a user, USE flags should be in bulk which are tested by devs to be compatible with the other USE flags, called profiles.Many package conflicts in Gentoo are caused by this.
>>108491425>Funtoo is right.GNU+Funtoo Linux is dead, sadly. It was a commercial venture that went belly up. I don't blame the man as he has to eat.As for what made Funtoo unique, it will be missed for sure. I smiled when I saw the logo.
>>108491425I would say Funtoo went in the wrong direction. People who care enough to the point where they compile their own packages to change compile-time parameters want more control, not less. From that standpoint, simple feature flags are not enough. Proper data types including structural data is what's necessary. The existence of USE_EXPAND shows a natural evolution in that direction.
>>108493548>muh more controlNever thought Funtoo had any less control, thought it just made more sense.>use Gentoo>want feature>read up on feature from the Gentoo Wiki>Wiki tells you to turn on specific USE, CPU-, VIDEO_CARDS flags and installing some softwareVS>use Funtoo>want feature>enable feature
>>108493587>>muh more control>Never thought Funtoo had any less control, thought it just made more sense.>>use Gentoo>>want feature>>read up on feature from the Gentoo Wiki>>Wiki tells you to turn on specific USE, CPU-, VIDEO_CARDS flags and installing some software>VS>>use Funtoo>>want feature>>enable featureshouldn't Funtoo just be some tool for Gentoo to manage flags in more automated way? e.g. many small profiles, then some mixing... and then rarerly more custom flags?
I want automatic USE flags when necessary to resolve dependencies. It shouldn't have to spell it out and put it into a file. On uninstall it should automatically remove the USE flags on other packages.
>>108493892is this not what autounmask is for?
>>108493548your so-called "more control" breaks all the timeyour global USE flags have to be compatible with the rest of system, which would require a lot of testing
>>108493836more or less, yeah
>>108497223Don't normal binary distros enable everything by default? As in Gentoo standards having *all* USE flags?
>>108497333they obviously disable some features for individual libraries or programs that are incompatible with it, workarounds, etcbut the thing with binary distros is that, you never change features, so it rarely breaks
