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From: Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] client+server packages - build which one?
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:36:38
Message-Id: 200606092027.28354.uberlord@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] client+server packages - build which one? by Chris Gianelloni
1 On Friday 09 June 2006 20:04, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 17:43 +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
3 > > On Friday 09 June 2006 14:10, Roy Marples wrote:
4 > > > Some packages provide both a client and a server. As such, users
5 > > > usually only want one or the other - and rarely both.
6 > >
7 > > Thanks to wolf31o2 for pointing out that current policy dictates that we
8 > > install both by default and the minimal USE flag should be used to stop
9 > > server only compoment from installing.
10 >
11 > Not policy (I don't think) but current accepted practice.
12 >
13 > Should this become a policy?
14
15 I think so, as many packages provide such a split and it would make choosing
16 flags a little easier :)
17
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