x86 profile 23.0 and new USE flags?

tld · Veteran Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 1837

On my AMD machine I've not noticed this, but on my old x86 MythTV systems running profile default/linux/x86/23.0/i686/split-usr/desktop, I keep running into cases where new USE flags seem to be getting added and enabled by default. It's frankly getting a little annoying.

A few updates ago this was done with the "qt6" USE flag which I had to disable for a few reasons. On the update I'm just doing now, the wayland USE flag was suddenly enabled globally. The only reason I even noticed the wayland one was that I noticed qtwayland was about to be installed.

What on earth is up with that? I don't recall that sort of thing happening to existing profiles in the past.

EDIT: One thing to note here is that, when I built this AMD machine I chose to NOT use the desktop profile, however those x86 machines are using the desktop one. I suppose that's related, but I still don't recall those sorts of changes in the past.

Tom

asturm · Developer Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 9220

It's a rolling release, so by definition there will be changes over time. Why are you surprised?

logrusx · Advocate Joined: 22 Feb 2018 Posts: 2300

Update more often. There will be fewer changes at once and you'll notice them easier.

To expect things will not change is totally unreasonable.

Maybe in the past there weren't that many changes, because software was actively being created. But when something is already created it's subject to change. Especially when major change in something that fundamental like the graphic system is underway.

Best Regards,
Georgi