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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Add HEXCHAT_PLUGINS to USE_EXPAND
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:17:02
Message-Id: CAG2jQ8jSWE=YyqPSvhO=uNF_gPvTrCRzQft8eEFjxDBu2Jt4Xw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Add HEXCHAT_PLUGINS to USE_EXPAND by Gilles Dartiguelongue
1 On 27 March 2013 12:52, Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o> wrote:
2 > Le mardi 26 mars 2013 à 22:28 +0100, Denis M. a écrit :
3 >> On 03/21/2013 02:09 PM, Denis M. wrote:
4 >>
5 >> > Hello, I'd want to ask if it's possible and a good idea to add
6 >> > HEXCHAT_PLUGINS to the global USE_EXPAND var.
7 >> >
8 >> > HEXCHAT_PLUGINS has been created as a user (and maintainer) request
9 >> > in bug 461972 [1] to handle easily the net-irc/hexchat plugins that
10 >> > this package offers, which are: checksum, doat, fishlim and sysinfo.
11 >> >
12 >> > The purposed ebuild can be found on the bug's attached files list.
13 >> >
14 >> > Regards,
15 >> > Denis M. (Phr33d0m)
16 >> >
17 >> > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461972
18 >> Bump.
19 >>
20 >> Hi again, could I get a decisive answer on this please?
21 >
22 > That does not sound like a bad idea, however I wonder how this extends
23 > exactly if we start to do this for ebuilds which install a couple of
24 > plugins behind a few regular USE flags nowadays like rhythmbox, abiword,
25 > etc.
26 >
27 > --
28 > Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>
29 > Gentoo
30 >
31 >
32
33 Either way is fine for me. I don't mind extending the USE_EXPAND
34 variable but others may be skeptical about this.
35
36 --
37 Regards,
38 Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
39 http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang