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On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 04:25:07PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote |
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> On 02/06/16 03:42 PM, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> > On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 09:31:11AM -0400, Damien Levac wrote |
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> >> |
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> >> IMHO, you see this in reverse. the 'gui' useflag would be useful for |
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> >> users who don't want to care about X/wayland/mir and do not want to care |
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> >> about gtk/qt, they just want windows to be drawn for the applications |
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> >> they install -- without, if possible, pulling useless dependencies. |
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> > |
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> > How, exactly, will the app draw windows without linking against one of |
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> > X/wayland/mir/qt4/qt5/gtk2/gtk3/fltk or whatever else comes down the |
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> > pike? |
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> > |
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> The "useless dependencies" is the result of one or more of these |
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> random flags being enabled globally when an end-user just wants to |
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> make sure they get the GUI built for their apps. |
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The original discussion was about global defaults. If you want |
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per-app settings, package.use is your friend. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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