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From: Markus Meier <maekke@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Some new global USE-flags
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:59:22
Message-Id: 20071220195712.1feef530@gentoo.org
1 Potential candidates (flag-name, count):
2 server 12
3 subversion 10
4 latex 9
5 suid 8
6 atm 7
7 zeroconf 7
8 logrotate 7
9 gimp 7
10 cgi 7
11 custom-cflags 7
12 wavpack 7
13 timidity 6
14 branding 6
15 java5 6
16 v4l2 6
17 multislot 6
18 webdav 6
19 vnc 6
20 audacious 6
21 demo 6
22 music 5
23 fax 5
24 raw 5
25 gsm 5
26 novideo 5
27 xemacs 5
28 editor 5
29 keyring 5
30 networkmanager 5
31 oci8-instant-client 5
32 html 5
33 css 5
34 enscript 5
35 gnuplot 5
36 xcb 5
37 lzo 5
38 nfs 5
39 jingle 5
40 hddtemp 5
41 rss 5
42 cxx 5
43 cvs 5
44 http 5
45 taglib 5
46
47
48 Propositions:
49 subversion: Enable subversion support
50
51 latex: Adds support for LaTeX (typesetting package)
52 [this one is questionable, as this flag has different meanings/effects
53 - but is one of the tetex-flag replacements]
54
55 suid: Enable seduid root program, with potential security risks
56
57 atm: Enable Asynchronous Transfer Mode protocol support
58
59 zeroconf: Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)
60
61 gimp: Build a plugin for the GIMP
62
63 cgi: Add CGI script support
64
65 custom-cflags: Use CFLAGS from /etc/make.conf rather than the default
66 package CFLAGS (not supported)
67
68 wavpack: Add support for wavpack
69
70 timidity: Build with Timidity++ (MIDI sequencer) support
71
72 branding: Enable Gentoo specific branding
73 [questionable, as used for splashes/shortcuts/artwork]
74
75 v4l2: Enable video4linux2 support
76
77 vnc: Enable vnc support
78
79 raw: Add support for raw image formats
80
81 xemacs: Add support for XEmacs
82
83 keyring: Enable gnome-keyring support for storing passwords
84
85 networkmanager: Enable networkmanager support
86
87 oci8-instant-client: Use dev-db/oracle-instantclient-basic as Oracle
88 provider instead of requiring a full Oracle server install
89
90 enscript: Add enscript support to colourize code stored in the
91 repository
92
93 gnuplot: Enable gnuplot support
94
95 xcb: Support the X C-language Binding, a replacement for Xlib
96
97 lzo: Enables support for lzo compression
98
99 jingle: Enables voice calls for jabber
100
101 hddtemp: Enable monitoring of hdd temperature (app-admin/hddtemp)
102
103 rss: Enables support for RSS feeds
104
105 taglib: Enable tagging support with taglib
106
107
108 Comments are welcome.
109
110
111 Markus

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Some new global USE-flags "Santiago M. Mola" <coldwind@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Some new global USE-flags Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@×××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Some new global USE-flags Hans de Graaff <graaff@g.o>
[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Some new global USE-flags Christian Faulhammer <opfer@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Some new global USE-flags "William L. Thomson Jr." <wltjr@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Some new global USE-flags Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
[gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Some new global USE-flags "Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-" <msterret@××××.com>