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On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 02:05, John Davis wrote: |
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> Drake Wyrm wrote: |
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> > Just had an idea for a new USE flag. As a companion to the 'doc' USE flag |
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> > (which installs extra documentation), how about a USE flag which inhibits |
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> > /any/ documentation. This would be highly handy for trimming down a system |
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> > such as a server or router which will never have a warm body sitting in |
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> > front of it after everything is installed and configured. What say ye? |
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> > |
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> Why not put -doc in USE? If the ebuild is specifying docs to install |
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> using the doc USE, doing the above will negate that effect. All that |
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> needs to be done is make more ebuilds conform to it. |
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To my knowledge, the use of the "doc" flag has been primarily |
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time-consuming doc creation, or that involving large dependences, such |
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as latex stuff. Not your everyday gzipped README etc. |
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Many people prefer things the way "-doc" works now, as they get the |
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necessary docs without all the development stuff, API info, etc. |
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Donnie |
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