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From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'share' -> 'sendto'?
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:39:45
Message-Id: 1846309.DIVbhacDa7@tuxbrain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'share' by "Michał Górny"
1 On Monday, 13 April 2020 19:14:32 CEST Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 18:22 +0200, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
3 > > On Monday, 13 April 2020 18:11:46 CEST Michał Górny wrote:
4 > > > On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 18:09 +0200, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
5 > > > > "Enable support to share content with other devices or using online
6 > > > > services"
7 > > >
8 > > > Isn't that roughly equivalent to USE=sendto and possibly more names for
9 > > > the same concept?
10 > >
11 > > Sounds about right. USE="sendto" currently has gnome-base/nautilus as only
12 > > user?
13 > >
14 > > Existing user of USE="share" outside of KDE proj:
15 > > mate-extra/caja-extensions - Add an extension to support sharing files.
16 > >
17 > > Possible other candidates?
18 > > app-admin/keepassxc[keeshare] - "Enable KeeShare sharing integration"
19 > >
20 > > I didn't find other examples.
21 >
22 > It's a feature that's hard to name. To be honest, I don't like naming
23 > it 'share' -- it makes me think of /usr/share, not 'sharing files'.
24
25 I am fine with switching to IUSE="sendto" - as a use flag this is less generic
26 and prone to future misuse, but still broad enough to fit the description.

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