Re: [gentoo-dev] [GLEP56] USE flag descriptions in metadata

[Vlastimil Babka]

Marius Mauch wrote:
> It's not about "forcing" anyone to do something but giving people enough
> information on how to implement it _if they choose to do so_. With the
> current GLEP they'd have to make arbitrary decisions if e.g. a flag is
> defined in both use.local.desc and metadata.xml, or some people might
> think that it replaces use.local.desc completely.
> Really, all I'm looking for is something like
>
> "This proposal does not intend to replace the existing use.local.desc
> format. If a flag is defined for a package in both use.local.desc and
> metadata.xml the latter should be preferred by tools"

++ I suppose you want people to read the package-specific information 
and not e.g. fill bug reports caused by wrong assumptions about the 
flag's meaning.

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Vlastimil Babka (Caster)
Gentoo/Java