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I'm not sure anybody ('cept maybe Luke-Jr) got my point, so I'll try to be |
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clearer. :-) |
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On Tuesday 09 December 2003 02:50, Jason Stubbs wrote: |
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> Hmmm, just looking through use.desc I couldn't really see any many other |
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> flags that immediately sprang to mind as being as bad as the "java" one. |
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> "mysql" is definately another candidate. |
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"mysql" has a definition of "Adds mySQL support". My contention is that it is |
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too general. Most users that would add this flag would be developers of sql |
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stuff. Reading the definition and having knowledge of mysql, I would think it |
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enabled support for mysql in things like tora. However, it also enables mysql |
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support in packages totally unrelated to development such as postfix. |
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My suggestion is that the USE flags be overhauled to put some order into it. |
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Ideally, this would be done along the lines of Luke-Jr's post. Hence, the |
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above should be split into mysql-dev and mysql-user or some such. The same |
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could be done with the java USE flag. |
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Speaking of the java USE flag, I would suggest that a new java-dev flag should |
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still add gcj to gcc. If a java developer doesn't want gcj, that's a |
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per-package customization issue that will be fully supported in portage-ng |
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(and 2.0.50?) |
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Regards, |
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Jason Stubbs |
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