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Bruno Roggeri <bruno.roggeri@××××.fr> posted |
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200702211421.34157.bruno.roggeri@××××.fr, excerpted below, on Wed, 21 Feb |
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2007 14:21:23 +0100: |
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> I filed bug 165561 [1] to ask for the musicbrainz useflag to be made |
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> global, and in reply I was asked to have it discussed here, so here it |
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> goes. According to use.local.desc, the useflag is used in 4 different |
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> ebuilds for the same purpose : |
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> app-cdr/k3b, media-sound/amarok, media-sound/prokyon3 and |
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> media-sound/rhythmbox. |
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As a user and reader of this group, the rule of thumb has always seemed to |
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be five packages minimum for consideration as a global USE flag. The |
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examples you gave all seemed to be four packages per flag, which would |
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explain why they haven't been made global yet. |
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However, I've not seen any specific reason given that it /has/ to be |
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specifically /5/ packages. Personally as a user, I don't see anything wrong |
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with going global at 4, except that it's a change and would therefore need |
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discussed and some sort of semblance of agreement arrived at. (Personally, |
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I'd put it at 3, but can see why some might object to that... at 3, it's |
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arguably too easy for one of the three packages to be tree-cleaned, |
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ultimately leaving a rather cluttered use.global.) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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