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On 9/2/06, Dale <teendale@×××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I have to agree with this. We need a mailing list or some kind of |
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> announcement that USE flags are changing and what they are changing |
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> too. qt has split into qt3 and qt4 from what I have read. I recently |
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> found out that tkinter has become tk but only after my emerge -e world |
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> failed at pysol because python was emerged without the support. Thank |
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> goodness for --resume. |
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Changes to global useflags are typically suggested and debated on -dev. |
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/39609/focus=39609 |
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Local use flags (like tkinter) are at the discretion of the |
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maintainer, and the package ChangeLog should describe why the change |
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is made and what to do about it. Or at least give a link to the bug#. |
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So for global flags, a mail list already exists for this purpose. For |
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local flags, I suppose -dev announcements could be made, but I worry |
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that the volume of useflag-changed spam would be too much, especially |
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considering that you probably don't care about 90% of the packages in |
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portage. |
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Of course, portage tells you what flags have been |
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added/removed/changed when you do add --pretend and --verbose to your |
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command ( fex: emerge -DNuvp world ) |
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> Where does a person go to make this suggestion? |
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bugs.gentoo.org would be the appropriate place. |
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-Richard |
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