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Would it be plausible to include an extra field in ebuilds that |
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describes what effect a particular USE flag has on the package? |
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Take, for example, "xml" and "xml2" in the xfree ebuild. Ok, the |
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description says that it adds XML support. But why are there two of |
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them? Why is it optional? What benefit does it have? etc. |
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I can see something like: |
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# etcat -u gnucash |
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[ Colour Code : set unset ] |
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[ Legend : (U) Col 1 - Current USE flags ] |
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[ : (I) Col 2 - Installed With USE flags ] |
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U I [ Found these USE variables in : app-office/gnucash-1.8.9 ] |
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[snip] |
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- - postgres : Adds support for the postgresql database |
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Effect: Enables optional SQL backend for multiple simultaneous users; |
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not currently maintained and does not support all features |
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[snip] |
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The postgres description by itself tells me nothing about why gnucash |
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would need or want it, or what benefit it would have. |
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Joel Konkle-Parker |
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