Extended attributes can be turned off during compile time for each filesystem you mentioned.If you turn off features you need, things break. There's nothing new about that. If you disable ext3 support in your kernel, you can't mount an ext3 partition and you'll get an error during boot about not finding the root.
What you're proposing, though, is *requiring* a feature most people don't even know about or use. Yes, if I want to boot from ext3, I'll need support for it in the kernel. That's a very fundamental assumption and one that even our most "challenged" users will understand.
Requiring extended attributes for the Portage tree is something completely different. There's simply no need to require additional features for something that can be done in the filename.
Is there any *technical* reason you object to the GLEP? Because your aesthetic sense may be commendable but I for one find the suggestion *beautifully* simple. :-)
Of course, taste can't be argued about (obviously I have an excellent taste and you don't! ;-) ) so I'd be really curious if there are technical reasons.
It wouldn't be great to require extended attributes for each and every Gentoo box...Why not?
Because we shouldn't require stuff we don't *have* to. -- Best regards, Wulf
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