default_variants / upgrades

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