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From: Carsten Lohrke <carlo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Useflags: qt, qt3, qt4?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:31:00
Message-Id: 200606211720.56203.carlo@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Useflags: qt, qt3, qt4? by Stefan Schweizer
1 On Wednesday 21 June 2006 15:44, Stefan Schweizer wrote:
2 > qt3 and qt4 is being used there already and it is obvious
3
4 It's "nice" to invent new use flags affecting Qt stuff without contacting
5 those who care for Qt.
6 >
7 > > 2) A package requires either Qt3 or Qt4 (both not both?...such as
8 > > x11-libs/qwt-5).
9 >
10 > qt3 - enable optional qt3 support
11 > qt4 - enable optional qt4 support
12
13 That will be a mess to support in the long run. Let's go with that what works
14 better, prefer the latest version and be fine with it. I do agree with Caleb
15 to use the qt use flag for the latest supported version and in cases it is
16 really necessary to have an additional qt3 use flag.
17
18
19 Carsten

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Useflags: qt, qt3, qt4? "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@g.o>
[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: [RFC] Useflags: qt, qt3, qt4? "Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-" <msterret@××××.com>