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Donny Davies wrote: |
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> Hi Marius |
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> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:20:17AM +0100, Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> [...] |
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> >So my idea (as well as others) is to add a new "server" USE flag that |
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> >controls wether the server part of a package is build. This idea is |
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> >outlined in more details on bug 12499, which also had the idea of a |
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> >"client" USE flag, so that it's possible to only build the libs or only |
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> >the server, however I think that such a flag will create more problems |
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> >than benefits (see the bug for explanations). |
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> I do not support this. Debian's SAMBA has at least subpackages for |
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> - common |
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> - doc |
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> - smbclient |
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> - winbind |
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> - swat |
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> - smbfs |
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> - python |
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> - pam |
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> which is nuts. Users dont know what to install to get what they need. |
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Absolutely agreed -- I hate the Debian-way too! |
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> I recall looking at mod_php (or maybe it was php) subpackages for another |
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> distribution, and there were _dozens_ of them. Insane in the membrane. |
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> I like the way Gentoo traditionally works; you emerge something and you |
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> get it all, with some knobs to control build-time dependencies. |
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I share this opinion -- if a freak really doesn't like the |
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server/client parts of a package he should be cute enough to wipe it |
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out manually. |
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But a newbie who just wants Samba/MySQL to be installed will probably |
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trial-and-error for hours until he finds out that certain parts of the |
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package he wanted are distributed in other packages. |
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> Further, you are overloading the intended function of USE variables. |
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> Instead of controlling optional build-time functionality, now you |
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> are abusing them to control optional install-time bits. |
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Absolutely right ... |
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> It is not natural to stop at "client" and "server" flags either. |
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> What about "dev" for .a and .h things? This is really going down |
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> the slipperly slope in my opinion. |
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Leave it as it is -- |
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Do it the Gentoo way AND NOT the Debian/SuSE way! |
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greetz, |
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haaner |
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