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On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 06:54, Jason Huebel wrote: |
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> Well, if you tie xchat to the global gtk USE flag, someone who installs |
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> xchat may wonder why it isn't working for them when they don't have gtk |
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> in their USE flags. Has anyone actually taken a look at xchat-text... UGH. |
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It's ugly but it's there, so IMHO the ebuild should build the text |
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client by default and look at the global gtk use flag to build the gui. |
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Please note the very deliberate IMHO there :-) Also, see below (my last |
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comment) |
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> I for one don't have gtk in my USE flags (I prefer KDE/Qt), but I use |
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> the gtk interface for XChat. The default interface that most people |
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> expect when installing xchat is the GTK interface, not text. Maybe a |
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> better choice would be to have an "xchattextonly" USE flag or something |
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> similar. |
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The problem with user expectations in this case is related to the name |
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of the program, isn't it? If it was called irc_client we wouldn't be |
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having this discussion, and the optional gui would be built with +gtk. I |
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wonder if we can file an upstream bug to have the name changed... jk :-) |
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Jason, you prefer KDE/Qt but want the gtk interface to xchat? Isn't that |
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exactly what package.keywords is designed for? (please correct me if I |
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am misunderstanding its purpose) |
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> I can just see the bug reports come flooding in for something so |
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> silly... :-) |
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You see it as silly, I (and some other users) see it as inconsistent |
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behaviour regarding global use flags. Admittedly, xchat is a difficult |
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case, which is why I agree that this shouldn't be filed as a bug without |
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discussion first (hence my original post). In light of both the replies |
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to this thread, and the comments in a semi-related (closed) bug |
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(#26427), I've decided to let it drop. |
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Thank you all for your feedback. |
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Cheers |
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Andrew |
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