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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFD: new global USE flag gtk3
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:50:13
Message-Id: 21253.49589.537110.855761@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFD: new global USE flag gtk3 by "Michał Górny"
1 >>>>> On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, Michał Górny wrote:
2
3 > Except that now users have to use USE='gtk gtk3' to get GUIs in
4 > random applications that support only one toolkit. And then handle
5 > REQUIRED_USE mess for packages that support choosing one of the two.
6
7 Why REQUIRED_USE? A package can prefer one of the alternatives if both
8 flags are specified. Probably it's a good idea to emit a warning,
9 though.
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11 Ulrich