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Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk> posted |
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200608121835.43684.prh@××××××××××.uk, excerpted below, on Sat, 12 Aug |
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2006 18:35:43 +0100: |
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>> "Support for X", fine, and as varied as that support might be, that's |
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>> about as detailed as one can get in use.desc and stay accurate for all |
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>> packages. |
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> I disagree. It's easy enough for use.desc to say "This will pull in the |
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> whole X-Window System" or "Enables programs to handle WMF files". Or even |
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> just to include a single-letter G or L prefix to each description as a |
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> first step. |
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But the thing is, different packages may do different things with a USE |
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flag. Support for X is often linking against xlib (as in the example I |
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gave), but doesn't have to be that major, and (again as in the example) |
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could be a minor as adding a few icons and *.desktop files. The only way |
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to describe the effect of a USE flag on each package, in many cases, is to |
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do just that, make the description per package, not global. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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