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(if reading this on -core, please respond on -dev only) |
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Presently, if you utilize the c-client libraries in any application, you |
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need something that provides them. Even if you only want the c-client |
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libraries, you currently need the whole application. You need to have |
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one of these ebuilds installed to provide them: net-mail/vimap |
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net-mail/pine-maildir net-mail/uw-imap As you do not nessicarily want |
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one of these IMAP servers just to have IMAP support in an application, |
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this obviously needs to be improved upon. |
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PHP is one notable application that requires the c-client library |
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(actually the only thing in the portage tree at the moment, but there |
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are other applications out there). |
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UW used to provide a seperate c-client download, however they stopped |
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that and just instructed people to use the full UW-Imap download. |
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Many users may be able to uninstall net-mail/uw-imap, |
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net-mail/pine-maildir or net-mail/vimap as a result of this, providing |
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they do not use those applications. |
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There are 2 possible solutions for this: |
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1. Removal the code that installs the c-client stuff from the other |
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things that provide it, and just use net-libs/c-client. |
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2. Add net-libs/c-client and use virtuals so that any of the noted |
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ebuilds can provide it, defaulting to net-libs/c-client. |
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Solution #2 is much cleaner in the long term, as it doesn't clutter up |
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the system and it is much easier to maintain. |
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Bugs for this issue: |
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20372, 15602, 72, 15177 |
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Full plan for solution #2: |
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- net-libs/c-client ebuild (already done, hardmasked in tree). |
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- Add virtual to profiles |
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- Modify net-mail/vimap, net-mail/pine-maildir, net-mail/uw-imap, *php* |
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for the virtual. |
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Presently I plan to name the virtual 'virtual/imap-c-client', but any |
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other suggestions are welcome. |
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(I tried writing this as a GLEP, but gave up on it for too much work for |
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the moment.) |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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E-Mail : robbat2@××××××××××××××.net |
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