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From: Marius Mauch <genone@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] gtk/gtk2 USE flag annoyances
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:46:30
Message-Id: 20050902075805.4c44774d@andy.genone.homeip.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] gtk/gtk2 USE flag annoyances by Brian Harring
1 On 08/26/05 Brian Harring wrote:
2
3 > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 11:44:44AM -0400, Dan Meltzer wrote:
4 > > Hows the upgrade path RE: end-user useflag changes? Will everyone
5 > > that has gtk in their make.conf die a horrible death if they don't
6 > > see the upgrade notice? when will they see the upgrade notice?
7 > > Would it make sense to leave the gtk flag for a while at least, to
8 > > ease the end user into an upgrade?
9 > Not saying it's a clean idea, but aside from making a lot of noise
10 > about the change over (which should be delayed till that noise has
11 > been made), a base/profile.bashrc trick of substituting gtk in when
12 > gtk1 is detected would work.
13
14 Hell no. Don't need to add more confusion to the use flag confusion.
15
16 Marius
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] gtk/gtk2 USE flag annoyances Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o>