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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GTK USE flag situation (gtk, gtk2, gtk3; relevant to bug #420493)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:51:21
Message-Id: 21242.46957.134233.699259@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GTK USE flag situation (gtk, gtk2, gtk3; relevant to bug #420493) by Samuli Suominen
1 >>>>> On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Samuli Suominen wrote:
2
3 > USE="gtk3" is valid only for libraries when it's not easy to
4 > split/slot as a temporary flag. Applications should simply pick one,
5 > the latest one that works, since anything else is obviously
6 > redudant.
7
8 I don't see why applications should be treated differently from
9 libraries. If a program supports more than one toolkit, then the
10 choice should be left to the user. Nothing redundant there.
11
12 Ulrich

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