Re: [gentoo-dev] RFD: new global USE flag gtk3

[Tom Wijsman]

On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:55:45 -0700
Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com> wrote:

> If I may ask, isn't usage by 27 packages ample grounds on its own to
> make it a global use flag?
>
> This is one of the questions I noticed on the ebuild quiz, and there
> the ballpark is around 5 packages sharing a use flag.  we're way over
> that mark.
>
> my two cents.

What is mentioned there is criteria; however, the very last sentence is
what makes the actual global USE flag be able to happen. Quote:

    "Before introducing a new global USE flag, it must be discussed on
    the gentoo-dev mailing list."

So, for people to agree on something to be a global USE flag; amongst
other things, they need to agree that the USE flag is useful and
something we acknowledge we want to use globally. Otherwise I would
for instance be able to start a bad idea in the added MATE packages...

For reference, http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/use-flags

PS: Can you avoid top posting? Like this mail, on mailing lists people
commonly type their response after the message such that the context
comes first and it is more understandable what is being responded to.

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Gentoo Developer

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