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On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 6:10 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2017, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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>> Packages currently handle installation of vim syntax support files |
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>> inconsistently. Some builds install the files if the "vim-syntax" |
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>> USE flag is enabled, while others install them unconditionally. |
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>> Do these files fall into the "small text files" category for |
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>> unconditional installation? If so, we should probably phase out the |
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>> vim-syntax USE flag. |
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> The flag also pulls in additional dependencies for some ebuilds. |
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> So I wonder how it could be made unconditional? For example, |
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> app-admin/eselect[vim-syntax] depends on app-vim/eselect-syntax |
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> which in turn will pull in vim or gvim. Certainly not all users would |
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> want that? |
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I was unaware that the USE flag sometimes introduces additional |
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dependencies. That being the case, we should certainly keep it. |
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> Similarly, if we get rid of the vim-syntax flag, should we phase out |
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> the emacs USE flag, too? |
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Does this also pull in optional dependencies? |
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