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From: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
To: gentoo development <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Addressing split usage of USE=gles[123]
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:09:56
Message-Id: CAEdQ38HPjmY2JoruRk5NyUL782--LvRvOXN-jvKoU8d3t-9xZA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Addressing split usage of USE=gles[123] by Dennis Schridde
1 On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:54 PM Dennis Schridde <devurandom@×××.net> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Donnerstag, 21. November 2019 09:11:46 CET Mart Raudsepp wrote:
4 > > See also this related old thread:
5 > > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/e04f6d321e424a237af62721d1d09
6 > > 211
7 >
8 > I think tackling the triad of opengl/gles, egl/glx, X/wayland is also a good
9 > idea. Generally, all these probably have to distinguish between "support for
10 > XYZ" and "use only XYZ", the latter hopefully being the exception, so that the
11 > former can take the shorter use-flag. That's what I don't like about the
12 > proposal from 2018: Globally enabling USE=gles will have different effects on
13 > different packages. That's also what I like about the recent proposal: The
14 > flags are more explicit.
15
16 Totally agree. FWIW, we have bugs filed about this for USE=wayland [0]
17 and USE=USE={egl,gles{,1,2,3}}.
18
19 I would be happy to see someone take up this project. I'll be happy to help.
20
21 [0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/627714
22 [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/627758

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Addressing split usage of USE=gles[123] Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>