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On 2 October 2011 03:57, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:19:26 +0300 |
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> Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote: |
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>> > 17 tools |
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>> > 9 utils |
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>> tools, and utils, what's the difference? perhaps pick one and unify them |
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>> into global USE flag |
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> Saying what? "Install optional tools or utilities." That's pretty useless as |
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> far as descriptions go. |
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> I'd rather they were local flags describing exactly what gets installed. |
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Absolutely. A 'tools' or 'utils' flag is completely useless; until you |
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try it in frustration having found that you're missing some part of |
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the package (or having read the ebuild). |
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In some cases, the local flags could even use the names of the |
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binaries that they would additionally build |