Hi,

On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 23:48 +0200, Petteri Räty wrote:
> /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc:xml - Check/Support flag for XML library
> (version 1)
> 
> I think the xml use flag should be more generic. There are after all
> other alternatives for xml support than dev-libs/libxml. Maybe something
> like Adds xml support?

I can see where you're coming from, but I'm not sure it's worth the
potential disruption that this will cause our users.  

Unless I'm missing something, won't every user who has any form of
USE=xml, USE=-xml, USE=xml2, or USE=-xml2 in make.conf and packages.use
get a nasty surprise the next time they emerge -u world?

I haven't seen any discussion taking this into account yet.

Best regards,
Stu
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