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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Conflicting USE Question
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 08:26:11
Message-Id: 200405241026.07951.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Conflicting USE Question by Celestial Wizard
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4 On Monday 24 May 2004 08:08, Celestial Wizard wrote:
5 > I'm sure this issue has probably been handled before, but I am not
6 > sure where to look.
7 >
8 >
9 > How does one go about handling USE flags for applications that support
10 > multiple database backends (I'm sure there are other examples)?
11 >
12 > For example, Request Tracker and DSpam both support multiple database
13 > backends, postgres, mysql, oracle, etc...
14 >
15 > How does one choose one over the other when you can only support one?
16 >
17 Add a warning, and, look which one works "best" prefer that one. Of
18 course "best" is often arbitrary, but still try to find some. "best"
19 could even be that backend that is fastest to compile or free. (Oracle
20 would not easilly qualify as best).
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22 Paul
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