default_variants / upgrades

[Anders F Björklund]

Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> However, if you're going to make it the default to build without
> documentation, then the variant should be changed to be called
> "docs" (or "with_docs" if you insist on that nonstandard naming
> convention). Default variants are buggy during upgrades and should be
> avoided.
...
> Here also you'll want to instead convert the x11 variant to a no_x11
> variant, and not use default_variants.

So, you think "default_variants" should be removed instead of fixed ?
Or is this one of those interim workarounds, until upgrades work OK ?

Does it work when not using "upgrade", but just deactivate/activate ?
I hardly ever get upgrades to work at all, but that's probably just me.

--anders