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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing description for the xml global use flag
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:18:34
Message-Id: 20051223141336.GB14579@toucan.gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing description for the xml global use flag by Stuart Herbert
1 On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 10:58:03PM +0000, Stuart Herbert wrote:
2 > On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 23:48 +0200, Petteri R??ty wrote:
3 > > /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc:xml - Check/Support flag for XML library
4 > > (version 1)
5 > >
6 > > I think the xml use flag should be more generic. There are after all
7 > > other alternatives for xml support than dev-libs/libxml. Maybe something
8 > > like Adds xml support?
9 >
10 > I can see where you're coming from, but I'm not sure it's worth the
11 > potential disruption that this will cause our users.
12 >
13 > Unless I'm missing something, won't every user who has any form of
14 > USE=xml, USE=-xml, USE=xml2, or USE=-xml2 in make.conf and packages.use
15 > get a nasty surprise the next time they emerge -u world?
16 >
17 > I haven't seen any discussion taking this into account yet.
18
19 i dont really see this being an issue ... i dont think anyone really
20 has 'xml -xml2' or '-xml xml2' ... much more likely they have 'xml
21 xml2' or '-xml -xml2'
22 -mike
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing description for the xml global use flag Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o>