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From: "René Neumann" <lists@××××××.eu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE_EXPAND: CLAWS_MAIL_PLUGINS
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:48:26
Message-Id: 517836FC.1050708@necoro.eu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE_EXPAND: CLAWS_MAIL_PLUGINS by Zac Medico
1 Am 24.04.2013 19:15, schrieb Zac Medico:
2 > On 04/24/2013 02:51 AM, René Neumann wrote:
3 >> As more and more packages seem to (mis)use USE_EXPAND: Can we get the
4 >> possibility to set this directly in package.use? Having to write
5 >> 'claws_mail_plugins_foo' does not help readability, and setting it in
6 >> make.conf is also not the right way (as is package.env).
7 >
8 > How about if we use a share a single PLUGINS USE_EXPAND among multiple
9 > unrelated packages? That way, you're package.use settings will be less
10 > verbose (plugins_foo versus claws_mail_plugins_foo).
11 >
12 >> And could anyone explain to me, why having 21 additional use-flags is
13 >> bad? I mean, you have them now too, the only 'advantage' being a nicer
14 >> display on 'emerge -v'.
15 >
16 > Using a generic PLUGINS USE_EXPAND will also have the advantage of
17 > making the emerge -v display less verbose.
18 >
19
20 Yes, this sounds like a good compromise. I'd still go with Michał if I
21 had to choose ... but I'm not the maintainer :).

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE_EXPAND: CLAWS_MAIL_PLUGINS Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o>