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On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 15:35 +0900, Chris White wrote: |
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> Devs, |
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> I will be initiating the splitup of the avi global use flag into avi |
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> and win32codecs shortly. The reasoning behind this is that the avi USE |
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> flag encompases both avifile and win32codecs support. The reasoning |
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> behind this is that avifile is cross platform, but win32codecs is not |
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> (x86 or amd64 with x86 emulation libraries iirc). That said, it makes |
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> no sense to have one USE flag take on both a cross platform and |
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> non-cross platform compatible package dep (you can't arch use mask it). |
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> Therefore, I ask the following: |
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> 1) All arches please put win32codecs into your appropriate arch use |
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> mask. If you'd rather have this as a bug, simply respond and one will |
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> be created. |
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> 2) the following apps: |
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> app-misc/evidence |
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> media-gfx/pornview |
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> media-gfx/swftools |
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> are not part of the media-video category. My intention is to do all the |
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> splits gradually so as not to break too many things and create less of a |
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> load on the cvs server. That said, if you DON'T want me touching the |
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> above applications, please state so and I will coordinate with you on |
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> the split. When I have confirmed that everyone is ready for the split, |
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> I will begin it. That's it. |
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PS: on to the topic again - I think its a good thing, as some people do |
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not like the avi USE flag pulling in the binary codecs, but still want |
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avi support ... |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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