Re: [gentoo-dev] net-im/pidgin protocols

[Jim Ramsay]

Eric Polino wrote:
> Alright, well I appreciate all the thought and discussion that
> exploded about this problem.  The pidgin team appreciates it.  Though
> I'm sorry to say I'm not up to speed with all this Gentoo talk.  I
> gather that when IUSE defaults come out, the ability to specify
> default USE flags on a per package basis will be available in the
> ebuild, but other than that I'm somewhat lost as to what was just
> talked about.  Can someone break it down for a simple user/would like
> to be maintainer someday, so that I can have a better cleaner answer
> to bring back to the pidgin team.

I believe the short answer is:

- Yes, we /could/ do this now in the profile.
- Once IUSE defaults are allowed, we can then do it in a different
(perhaps better?) way.

The question remaining yet that I've seen no answer for yet:

Will we do it now in the profile?

Or will we instead just have a big notice in the ebuild that says "You
may be missing protocols because of your USE flags, please
check your USE flags and maybe re-emerge pidgin again if you forgot
some protocol you really wanted"

At least that's how I read this thread.

I'm all for doing it now in the profile, but it's not my package.
Perhaps someone from the net-im herd can make this decision?

-- 
Jim Ramsay
Gentoo/Linux Developer (rox,gkrellm)