On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Alexis Ballier <aball...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:14:13 +0200 > Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> b. those tests can easily be enabled, and that fact is recorded >> in the installed package metadata, >> >> c. the flag can easily be used in RESTRICT="" constraint to easily >> disable all the tests. > > > I see that as a rather important disadvantage. Why would we want to > record that in VDB ? > > >> What do you think? Any other ideas? > > why not simply a new RESTRICT value ? >
How would a new RESTRICT value help? There's no way for a user/developer to disable a RESTRICT setting unless it is declared behind a USE flag.
