Re: [gentoo-dev] Additional USE_EXPAND variables: E_MODULES and E_MODULES_CONF

[Thomas Sachau]

Alexis Ballier schrieb:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:41:05 +0100
> Thomas Sachau <tommy@g.o> wrote:
>
>> If there are no objections, i plan to add E_MODULES and E_MODULES_CONF
>> to the list of USE_EXPAND variables for x11-wm/enlightenment:0.17, in
>> the next days.
>>
>
> i doubt there will be any objection but with such information there
> cant be any :)

You destroyed my plan ;-)
>
> - there is no x11-wm/enlightenment:0.17 in the tree

This is currently in the enlightenment overlay. Since there are now
alpha snapshots, i plan to add it to the main tree after doing some
tests in the overlay (including the usage of the USE_EXPAND variable).

> - what will be the possible values and use case of these variables ?

e17 has a good amount of modules, which can be excluded at compile time.
Each module has a USE flag, some examples for those USE flags:

e_modules_conf-theme, e_modules_conf-wallpaper2, e_modules_ibar,
e_modules_temperature

> - considering gentoo generally uses e-prefixed names (econf, emake,
>   etc.) maybe its wiser to name the variables E17_* instead of only
>   E_*, or ENLIGHTENMENT_*, so that it makes the "confusion" harder.
>

Those functions are internal ebuild functions, while the USE_EXPANDed
var is exposed to and may be used by the user, so i dont see a high risk
of people mixing them. Maybe some other people can also comment on this?


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Thomas Sachau
Gentoo Linux Developer