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On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:48 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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> * Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> schrieb: |
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> Let's take a better example: nmap |
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> This package actually contains two completely different things: |
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> the portscanner tool and some gtk-based frontend. In fact the "gtk" |
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> useflag switches the second package. |
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> They're in fact two different applications (just one shipped as |
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> an subdir of another) and so should have two ebuilds. |
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As a user, please dont do that. Fragmentation by splitting packages up |
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is getting ridiculous. Yes, use a USE flag, but dont make it harder for |
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users to find, build and install. |
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My personal opinion is that whilst things like modular X are good for |
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developers, they are not so good for users - particularly gentoo users. |
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BillK |
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