Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop-research

From: "Philippe Lafoucrière" <lafou@×××××××.fr>
To: gentoo-desktop-research@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] Per-package USE descriptions
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 06:59:38
Message-Id: 200312081359.34722.lafou@wanadoo.fr
In Reply to: [gentoo-desktop-research] Per-package USE descriptions by Joel Konkle-Parker
1 On Monday 08 December 2003 13:57, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
2 > I'd like to propose that we add per-package USE flag descriptions to the
3 > package pages on http://packages.gentoo.org. I can't tell you how many
4 > times I've sat and wondered what effect a particular flag has on a
5 > particular package, and the use.desc descriptions are much too brief to
6 > give any kind of useful detail. For example:
7 >
8 > "What effect does USE="xml2" have on xfree?"
9 > "Why does w3m need USE="imlib"?
10 > "Why should I keep USE="berkdb"?
11
12 please see /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc
13
14
15 --
16 gentoo-desktop-research@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] Per-package USE descriptions Joel Konkle-Parker <jjk3@×××××××.edu>