On 31-03-2011 09:44:37 +0200, justin wrote:
> First is a package specific, second is the default.
> 
> And no, asuming the USE is introduced correctly here, it makes a
> difference, whether we take the global meaning -> reading mp3 files at
> all; or changing the way it is done for this package. Because here it
> means, you could not disable mp3 support, but rather choose on which way
> it should happen.

If a flag is in use.desc (global), then I should be able to put it in my
USE= in my /etc/make.conf.  That also means that the flag should only be
used to do exactly as it says in use.desc, and nothing else.

The package in question here should really use a different USE-flag,
because it is overloading the original (intended?) meaning of the mp3
USE-flag, leading to possibly unexpected results for the end-user.

There is nothing unclear on the descriptions here, the same flag is just
used for two different things, which is wrong if the flag is global.


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level