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From: "Aaron W. Swenson" <titanofold@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:58:30
Message-Id: 20130118235820.GA5836@gengoff.grandmasfridge.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd by Markos Chandras
1 On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:55:07PM +0000, Markos Chandras wrote:
2 > On 18 January 2013 23:29, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
3 > <chithanh@g.o> wrote:
4 > > Patrick McLean schrieb:
5 > > > I would prefer to keep USE=dri in the default profile. If you
6 > > > want to move VIDEO_CARDS that would be fine with me though.
7 > > >
8 > > > USE=dri is usually only relevant on desktops, why enable it on
9 > > > all profiles?
10 > >
11 > > Because it should be enabled when the respective packages are
12 > > installed, and not depending on the profile the user has selected.
13 > >
14 > >
15 > > Best regards,
16 > > Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
17 > >
18 > >
19 >
20 > Hell, as discussed, the base profile should contain the absolute
21 > minimal flags, and "dri" does not appear to be one of these.
22 > Having graphics support on such a profile is not expected. IMHO it
23 > should be moved to the desktop profile
24 >
25
26 ++ If the base profile is to become our server profile, it should not
27 have graphics related USE flags enabled.
28
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30 Mr. Aaron W. Swenson
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Re: [gentoo-dev] USE flags dri, cups, pppd Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>