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From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] moving USE=server to global
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:55:03
Message-Id: 45FDDE9F.7060302@cesmail.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] moving USE=server to global by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Saturday 17 March 2007, Steve Long wrote:
3 >
4 >> Piotr Jaroszy?ski wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> I have heard about the magic limit of 5, but whatever...
7 >>>
8 >> Is there a *technical* objection then to server?
9 >>
10 >
11 > if you're going to change the topic mid-thread, then you should update the
12 > subject
13 >
14 > you already know the state of the server/client debate ... moving it to global
15 > doesnt fix any of the short comings, so it should stay local (and removed
16 > where possible)
17 > -mike
18 >
19 Yeah -- "server" is way too generic. I've forgotten where else I use it,
20 but when I build "vnc" I use it to get a VNC server. Maybe make a local
21 "vnc-server" USE flag for that one.
22
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24 M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
25 http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
26
27 If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given rabbits fire.
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[gentoo-dev] Re: moving USE=server to global Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>