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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag: webp
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:53:40
Message-Id: 575331B6.1090401@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag: webp by Kristian Fiskerstrand
1 On 06/04/2016 03:45 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
2 >
3 > would a REQUIRED_USE in newer versions make sense to force the new use
4 > flag for people upgrading as a deprecation period?
5 >
6
7 You mean like requiring USE=webp (new) if the user has USE=vpx (old)?
8 Sounds like a good idea. It's been totally broken for months and nobody
9 has noticed, though, so I'll probably wait until the next revision.
10
11
12 > Alternatively, you likely want to look into restrict attribute to flag tag
13
14 Didn't know about that, thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag: webp Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>