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"Benedikt Morbach" <benedikt.morbach@××××××××××.com> posted |
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6faa67950808141256p32b8b6d0uaa59ebe7d2a2653@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:56:16 +0200: |
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> Possible solutions include: (sorted by necessary effort) 1. Leaving |
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> everything like it is (not a real solution) 2. Removing the imlib2 |
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> useflag 3. Changing the 24 ebuilds depending on imlib2 to use the imlib2 |
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> useflag (and possibly making it a global flag) |
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> In my opinion, making imlib2 a global useflag would be the best |
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> solution, as it gives users who do not want an ancient unmaintained |
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> library a fine grained control over their system. |
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Good catch/argument. |
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Based on what was done with qt and gtk, option 2 above, removing the |
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imlib2 USE flag and converting everything to use the imlib USE flag, is |
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the most likely solution. Check the archives on gtk/gtk2 if you'd like. |
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In the gtk/gtk2 case, where many packages could link against either, gtk |
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was used to toggle the gtk general preference, while gtk2 if enabled |
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indicated a preference for it over gtk(1). The solution was to deprecate |
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the gtk2 flag and in general prefer gtk2 to gtk(1), if both could be |
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linked. Individual package maintainers could of course decide to prefer |
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gtk(1) if there was an overriding reason to do so. (qt had somewhat |
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different details which I don't fully recall ATM, but I don't believe |
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it's quite as direct a parallel in any case.) |
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Since you mentioned that no imlib/imlib2 packages seem to use both flags, |
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that solution would seem even more applicable here. Just do away with |
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the imlib2 flag entirely, and prefer imlib2 in any cases where there is |
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now or may be later a choice unless there's an overriding reason not to. |
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But while I follow the discussion here regularly and have done so for |
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some time, I'm just a user. We'll see what the devs have to say. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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