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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk3 useflag and support of older toolkits
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:38:23
Message-Id: 4FE6ECF2.3000403@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] gtk3 useflag and support of older toolkits by Gilles Dartiguelongue
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4 On 06/24/2012 12:11 PM, Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote:
5 > Just to remember everyone what gnome team actually tried to
6 > achieve to reduce any pain from users or devs alike with gnome3
7 > work: * have libs slotted when possible (to the extent of manpower
8 > available), so gtk USE flag means gtk, whatever slot is needed by
9 > the package using it, * have applications use one toolkit or the
10 > other according to maturity of the interface and will of the
11 > maintainer. This avoids useless back/forward porting work when
12 > upstream actually doesn't care about one of the toolkits in
13 > question
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15 I agree and this is exactly what my tracker is about, to track porting
16 issues or even misuse of gtk{,2,3} useflags. You confuse me.
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18 My tracker has shown that not all ebuilds follow that policy or even
19 can't because of migration issues or cause they are special in another
20 way.
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22 If you think I missed something in my explanation there, add a comment.
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