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From: Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [Volunteers needed] Communicating use (and existence) of USE_PYTHON
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:24:34
Message-Id: 4CF8E15B.20600@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [Volunteers needed] Communicating use (and existence) of USE_PYTHON by Fabian Groffen
1 On 12/03/10 12:50, Fabian Groffen wrote:
2 > On 03-12-2010 11:35:14 +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
3 >> to better communicate USE_PYTHON we could use:
4 >>
5 >> - a portage news entry
6 >
7 > why portage?
8
9 I'm speaking of GLEP 42. No idea if pkgcore or paludis support these.
10 That's why i said "portage".
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12 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0042.html
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15 >> - notifications from within ebuilds
16 >>
17 >> - a users guide counterpart of
18 >> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/Python/developersguide.xml
19 >>
20 >> - mentioning in 'man make.conf'
21 >
22 > why? make.conf is for "custom settings for Portage".
23
24 Good point. Still, as of now that's where to put USE_PYTHON.
25 I'm unsure if that's a reason strong enough to add it.
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27
28 >> As it involves a GLEP and GuideXML maybe that's perfect for involving
29 >> people being recruited at the moment.
30 >
31 > Why a GLEP?
32
33 It involves usage of a GLEP, not creating a new one.
34 Sorry, if I did not put this clearly.
35
36 Best,
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40 Sebastian

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