> >> That means either say "you cannot expect anything, because there might > >> or might not be metadata" or say "you can expect metadata for any > >> provided/installed package" in which case package.provided feature has > >> to be removed from portage. > > > > "Provided" means "not managed by the package manager" and thus returning > > "empty metadata" for queries is perfectly fine. > > > > I don't see why this feature would need to be removed ... > > You just rephrased "you cannot expect anything, because there might or > might not be metadata".
So you're saying that if I remove metadata it is removed. Our tautology circle is true! Thanks for contributing these awesome insights.
