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On Monday 18 October 2004 1:20 pm, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 03:27:09PM +0100 or thereabouts, Ciaran McCreesh |
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wrote: |
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> > GLEP 29 covers grouping USE flags to simplify initial selection. The |
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> > short version is that it proposes USE="@DESKTOP @KDE foo bar". |
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> > |
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> > An updated draft since the previous posting is attached. Updates are: |
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> > * clarify some of the wording |
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> > * explicitly state that comments are allowed in the group files. |
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> > |
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> > Feedback encouraged. |
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> |
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> Sorry if this was discussed earlier, but why not support -@GROUP? IMO, |
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> negative USE flags are a key strength of the system and I'd hate to see |
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> groupings drop that support. I do understand the chaos that may ensue if |
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> you support negative flags within a group, but I'd like the ability to use |
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> negative groups. |
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As someone else mentioned, people might put "@KDE -@GNOME" and wonder why X is |
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missing... However, I would agree that -@GROUP can be useful and another |
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workaround for the problem should be provided... Perhaps USE dependencies (eg |
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USE=kde relies on USE=X for most archs) could solve this (and also take care |
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of the grouping issue altogether), but that would add another level of |
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complexity. |
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