Re: [gentoo-dev] xchat's use of local USE flag xchatnogtk

[Andrew Ross]

On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 06:54, Jason Huebel wrote:
> Well, if you tie xchat to the global gtk USE flag, someone who installs
> xchat may wonder why it isn't working for them when they don't have gtk
> in their USE flags.  Has anyone actually taken a look at xchat-text... UGH.

It's ugly but it's there, so IMHO the ebuild should build the text
client by default and look at the global gtk use flag to build the gui.

Please note the very deliberate IMHO there :-) Also, see below (my last
comment)

> I for one don't have gtk in my USE flags (I prefer KDE/Qt), but I use
> the gtk interface for XChat.  The default interface that most people
> expect when installing xchat is the GTK interface, not text.  Maybe a
> better choice would be to have an "xchattextonly" USE flag or something
> similar.

The problem with user expectations in this case is related to the name
of the program, isn't it? If it was called irc_client we wouldn't be
having this discussion, and the optional gui would be built with +gtk. I
wonder if we can file an upstream bug to have the name changed... jk :-)

Jason, you prefer KDE/Qt but want the gtk interface to xchat? Isn't that
exactly what package.keywords is designed for? (please correct me if I
am misunderstanding its purpose)

> I can just see the bug reports come flooding in for something so
> silly... :-)

You see it as silly, I (and some other users) see it as inconsistent
behaviour regarding global use flags. Admittedly, xchat is a difficult
case, which is why I agree that this shouldn't be filed as a bug without
discussion first (hence my original post). In light of both the replies
to this thread, and the comments in a semi-related (closed) bug
(#26427), I've decided to let it drop.

Thank you all for your feedback.

Cheers

Andrew


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