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Thomas Rösner wrote: |
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> Jim Ramsay wrote: |
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> > [snip] |
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> > Have netscape-flash with IUSE="vanilla" (by default it is off), |
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> > which when enabled will not pull in libflashsupport. |
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> I don't quite see why this is necessary? Or why you do have this |
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> discussion? |
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I started this discussion to find out the best way to add |
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libflashsupport to netscape-flash for users who want the extra features |
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that it offers. |
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> > This meets the following goals: |
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> > |
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> > 1) It makes it easy for "regular" users to get netscape-flash with |
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> > any additions required by any global USE flags in exactly one step: |
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> > - emerge netscape-flash |
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> So, in netscape-flash: |
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> RDEPEND=" |
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> ssl? ( foo/libflashsupport ) |
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> pulseaudio? ( foo/libflashsupport ) |
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> esd? ( foo/libflashsupport ) |
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> oss? ( foo/libflashsupport ) |
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> " |
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> and IUSE="ssl pulseaudio esd oss gnutls" in libflashsupport (which, as |
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> already said, has it's own ebuild)? |
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Yes, I considered this, it is option (2) in the original post in this |
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thread. However, I do not believe this is the best solution. Consider |
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the case where: |
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- A user has 'ssl' disabled globally |
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- A user sees that netscape-flash now has 'ssl' support, so he/she |
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enables 'ssl' just for the netscape-flash ebuild. |
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- The ebuild would then install libflashsupport, but do so without |
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actually adding ssl support, which would be quite frustrating to the |
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user, and probably generate unnedded bug traffic. |
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It would be much more clear to only use the ssl USE flag when it |
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actually affects ssl support. |
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> > 2) It makes it easy for "power" users to not have libflashsupport |
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> > actually install anything by disabling all the USE flags. This will |
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> > take 3 steps: |
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> > - Notice at upgrade or install time that there's this new 'extra' |
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> > package being installed |
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> > - Enable the 'vanilla' flag for netscape-flash |
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> > - Continue with upgrade or install |
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> It's still easy enough to disable it via -* in package.use? |
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I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here. |
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Jim Ramsay |
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Gentoo/Linux Developer (rox,gkrellm) |
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