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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] client+server packages - build which one?
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 21:33:52
Message-Id: 1149887693.22473.173.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] client+server packages - build which one? by Mike Frysinger
1 On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 16:22 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Friday 09 June 2006 15:04, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
3 > > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 17:43 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
4 > > > On Friday 09 June 2006 14:10, Roy Marples wrote:
5 > > > > Some packages provide both a client and a server. As such, users
6 > > > > usually only want one or the other - and rarely both.
7 > > >
8 > > > Thanks to wolf31o2 for pointing out that current policy dictates that we
9 > > > install both by default and the minimal USE flag should be used to stop
10 > > > server only compoment from installing.
11 > >
12 > > Not policy (I don't think) but current accepted practice.
13 > >
14 > > Should this become a policy?
15 >
16 > i dont think it should ... minimal has a very floating definition and varies
17 > widely based on the package
18
19 See my RFC for how this is handled.
20
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22 Chris Gianelloni
23 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
24 x86 Architecture Team
25 Games - Developer
26 Gentoo Linux

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