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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: use.local.desc
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:04:41
Message-Id: 19263.3085.643201.916178@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: use.local.desc by Doug Goldstein
1 >>>>> On Sat, 2 Jan 2010, Doug Goldstein wrote:
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3 >>> +app-accessibility/flite:alsa - use alsa for audio output.
4 >>> +app-accessibility/flite:oss - Use Open Sound System for audio output.
5 >>
6 >> Why? USE alsa and oss are global flags.
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8 > Real question is why not? local USE flags provide more details than
9 > the very generic global description and as such are considered a
10 > good thing.
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12 They are a good thing if they provide additional information.
13 But I don't see that in the two descriptions above.
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15 Ulrich

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