On Thu, 2 Feb 2017 16:06:02 +0100
Kristian Fiskerstrand <k...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 02/02/2017 03:11 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> > Can we discourage IUSE defaults except for #1 and #2? I'm equally
> > guilty of #3 and #4, but I now regret them. I would also like to see
> > explanations in metadata.xml of why +flags are on by default.  
> 
> This presumes that the goal is minimal system in all cases, rather
> than a good user experience for inter alia a desktop system or a
> server-system. If a user requires a minimal system for whatever reason
> (s)he is likely more prepared to understand the choices than the
> average user.

Exactly what I was going to say.

-- 
James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer

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