Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: net-misc/curl: HTTP/3 support

[Michał Górny]

On Thu, 2019-10-10 at 16:38 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 4:03 PM Craig Andrews <candrews@g.o> wrote:
> > I'm working on getting HTTP/3 support in place for curl:
> > https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/12920
> >
> > Yes, HTTP/3 isn't final yet. But we're Gentoo - that shouldn't stop us!
> >
> > My proposal involves:
> > * A new USE_EXPAND, CURL_HTTP3, with two values: nghttp3 and quiche
>
> Why do we need a USE_EXPAND for this? Will more than one package ever use it?
>
> If it's only ever going to be referenced by net-misc/curl, just add
> local USE flags.

+1 to local.  I know that curl mainainers have a history for adding
redundant USE_EXPANDs for extra user complexity but that's not a reason
to make things even worse.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny