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On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 15:42 +0200, Benedikt Morbach wrote: |
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> I think it should be made consistent or it should be turned into a |
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> local use flag. |
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> no-* or *-only flag don't make sense in my opinion, because you can |
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> get the same with: |
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> -gui instead of nogui (maybe -gtk/-qt4/-kde or something would be even better) |
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> -* server instead of server-only (sure, this can only be done for each |
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> single package, but it looks cleaner to me than -only) |
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> Benedikt |
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Some packages also have the X USE-flag. |
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Though this USE-flag is often used to enable linking against X; |
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disabling doesn't mean to remove the GUI (it's often for games or libs |
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like libsdl which have alternative gfx output like aalib, framebuffer, |
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etc.). |
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There is also already a guionly and a client-only USE-flag. But I don't |
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think this is a good USE-flag for games because it's somehow confusing |
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then if you want to have only the dedicated server and not the GUI. |
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I also don't like no* USE-flags that much. But there are already a lot |
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available. I thought they were introduced because it's most probable |
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that you want to have the specific support and if not, you have to |
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specify this explicitly. |
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I think the server USE-flag is a good USE-flag to enable/disable the |
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support of a dedicated server of a specific game. This USE-flag is |
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intuitivly clear. |
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The GUI would not depend on the server USE-flag. For the GUI, perhaps |
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the USE-flag client would be good. |
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