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2011/8/17 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh@g.o>: |
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> Nirbheek Chauhan schrieb: |
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>>>> A side-note that we've wanted to get out to all devs is that everyone |
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>>>> should *always* use IUSE="+introspection". |
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>>> Then why is it a flag? |
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>> So that people who use, say, json-glib in embedded environments don't |
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>> need to pull in a package that is quite unnecessary for them. |
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> Then why don't you make it a default flag in desktop/gnome profile |
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> instead? That way, the embedded users who don't use a desktop profile |
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> won't even need to take action to disable the flag. |
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We didn't do that because the use-case for not enabling introspection |
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is a marginal one. We almost didn't even make it a use-flag. |
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I think it would rather make sense to mask the use-flag in an embedded |
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profile (small blacklist) than to enable it everywhere else |
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(effectively a large whitelist). |
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~Nirbheek Chauhan |
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