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Doug Klima <cardoe@g.o> said: |
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> Marius Mauch wrote: |
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>> What benefit does use.xml have over use.desc? |
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>> My opinion is that we should use use.desc for a complete list of use |
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>> flags, including a generic description, allow a more verbose |
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>> description in metadata.xml and get rid of the stupid separation of |
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>> "local" and "global" flags. No need to change the format of use.desc |
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>> though. |
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> I completely agree with this. This allows each individual package to |
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> provide more insight to what a USE flag does. |
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This sounds sane to me as well. As I said, I'm just throwing ideas out |
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there to see what sticks :) |
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>> The only benefit use.local.desc gives us is a fast way to list packages |
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>> using some flags, but that's unreliable at best. If needed such a list |
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>> could be autogenerated. |
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Completely agree. |
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Mark Loeser |
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email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org |
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email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com |
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