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On 11/09/15 01:41 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> |
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>> Rich Freeman posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:13:48 -0400 as |
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>> excerpted: |
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>>> USE=gui or something like that if the main effect is to have |
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>>> a gui or not. That is the sort of thing that SHOULD go in |
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>>> make.conf or in a profile. If disabling gtk makes it a |
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>>> console-only application then use the gui flag. |
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>> I like the general proposal, but since it's going to council, |
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>> can we try to kill another bird with the same stone? This |
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>> USE=gui helps... |
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>> Wayland's coming, and to the extent that USE=X has previously |
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>> indicated a GUI, much like USE=gtk and USE=qt indicating the |
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>> same thing, we're going to have problems. |
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>> Can we make USE=gui the generic policy for that, and deprecate |
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>> more specific forms for choosing /any/ gui, so they can be used |
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>> for choosing /which/ gui? |
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> That was exactly why I used "gui" and not "X". We're going to |
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> run into the exact same problem once Wayland comes along with the |
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> way things have been done so far. |
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So, IUSE="X" has generally been used for gui, but more technically |
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it's used to depend on and build against x11-libs/* packages. The |
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fact that this gives a GUI is practically a side-effect. When |
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wayland comes along, do these packages still build against |
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x11-libs/* to support wayland? |
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I'm just wondering if we're jumping the gun a little bit on |
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IUSE="gui".. yes it'll be nice to have one flag that "just works" |
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for anyone not caring about the details, but it'll also mean |
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propagating a slew of REQUIRED_USE=" {X,wayland,gtk,qt4,qt5}? ( gui |
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)" entries and a lot of extra use-defaults which may or may not |
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cleanup the sub-profiles of desktop/ .... |
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Also, I believe we need to have the conversation about the pros and |
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cons of IUSE=gui here before the council meeting, yes? |
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