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On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 10:38:10PM -0800, Ryan Tandy wrote: |
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> >I can't find the bug right now, but this did pop up where the client was |
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> >a GUI app, and they wanted to get away from needing all the dependencies |
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> >it pulled in that way. |
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> Would controlling building of the client via a flag such as 'X' or 'gtk' |
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> be inappropriate in that scenario? |
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If X or gtk were relevant to the client, then yes. Better be ready for |
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USE flag for every GUI toolkit then (yuck). |
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I predict that we would then see people complaining they need a hundred |
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and one USE flags to reliably turn off the clients, or that they need to |
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actually read the ebuild to figure out exactly how to turn the client |
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off. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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