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From: "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Need a use-expanded TV_GRAB variable for xmltv
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:00:04
Message-Id: 20060605055823.GA15306@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Need a use-expanded TV_GRAB variable for xmltv by Doug Goldstein
1 On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 08:36:57PM -0400, Doug Goldstein wrote:
2 > Jakub Moc wrote:
3 > > Matteo Azzali wrote:
4 > >> Repoman considers "lots of local variables" as an error, I was pointed
5 > >> to expanded vars as a solution.
6 > >> If no developers has something against I'll be happy to use 28 local
7 > >> flags!!!!
8 > >>
9 > >> mattepiu
10 > >
11 > > Well uh, no please.... Don't create 28 local use flags for one ebuild,
12 > > use.local.desc is cluttered enough as it is... :)
13 > >
14 > > Otherwise, I'd say you've misunderstood the repoman output, you probably
15 > > didn't put them into use.local.desc when testing your local stuff.
16 > >
17 > >
18 > My plan with xmltv was to USE locales since the xmltv grabbers actually
19 > use the same locale codes (i.e. "de" for the German ones). Granted
20 > there's some differences (two "de" grabbers and they're called
21 > xmltv_de_something and xmltv_de_something else). However the "de" locale
22 > setting would turn both on.
23 >
24 > I think that's the best option. But I just haven't had enough time to do it.
25
26 Please don't do that. LINGUAS is for translations, nothing more, and
27 using it for xmltv grabbers will be a huge pain for everyone using
28 different languages than implied by their locations.
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