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From: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=introspection has been unmasked in the tree
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:11:03
Message-Id: CADqQcK6CLLNtxcQA+G5ih+fnFtkgbeyQAd2nZ91nBAPOj1bZwA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=introspection has been unmasked in the tree by Donnie Berkholz
1 On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 21:23 Tue 16 Aug     , Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
3 >> A side-note that we've wanted to get out to all devs is that everyone
4 >> should *always* use IUSE="+introspection".
5 >
6 > Then why is it a flag?
7 >
8
9 So that people who use, say, json-glib in embedded environments don't
10 need to pull in a package that is quite unnecessary for them.
11
12 --
13 ~Nirbheek Chauhan
14
15 Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team

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Re: [gentoo-dev] USE=introspection has been unmasked in the tree "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>