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Jason Stubbs wrote: |
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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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I whole-heartedly agree with the premise of "putting some order into |
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it". I still think part of that needs to be some sort of clear |
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documentation. 'mozilla +java' is pretty clear, but 'xfree +xml2' just |
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says to me "why does xfree need xml2, what does it do for it, and what |
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would happen if I didn't include it?". There needs to be some sort of |
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clear descriptions (optimally per-package) that allow people to make |
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informed decisions about which flags to include and which they can |
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safely discard. |
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Joel Konkle-Parker |
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