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From: hasufell <hasufell@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-02-25
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:20:41
Message-Id: 52FAB028.20600@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-02-25 by "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina"
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4 On 02/11/2014 03:39 AM, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote:
5 > On 02/10/2014 02:07 PM, hasufell wrote:
6 >> As discussed on gentoo-dev ML and recently with the QA team, we
7 >> have no clear rule/policy about 'gtk' USE flags. Currently there
8 >> are all kinds of them: gtk, gtk2, gtk3. That looks inconsistent
9 >> to me.
10 >
11 >> The council should decide whether to allow: * gtk only * gtk2,
12 >> gtk3, ..., but without 'gtk'
13 >
14 >> mixing these two concepts is confusing from a usability POV. I
15 >> have no strong opinion on what to do. But we should not do both.
16 >
17 > QA is opening a discussion with the gnome team on this matter. I
18 > believe we can work together for the common good and come up with
19 > a policy without concerning the council. When I'm wrong, we can
20 > ask the council for guidance.
21 >
22 > Thanks, Zero
23 >
24 >> links: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/dev/255125
25 >> http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/gentoo-dev-gtk2-gtk3-use-flags-help-212168702.html
26 >>
27 >>
28 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420493
29 >
30 >
31 >
32 >
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34 Afais the QA team has not set a QA policy anywhere about this. I want
35 the inconsistency to be banned (in any way) or ultimately allowed, so
36 I expect this to be on the agenda.
37
38 A "recommendation" is not enough IMO, so this is a matter for the
39 council to decide on.
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