From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@iinet.net.au>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Proposal for advanced useflag-syntax
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:44:47 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1155001487.5369.4.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060807134802.GH25236@nibiru.local>
On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:48 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> * Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com> schrieb:
...
> Let's take a better example: nmap
> This package actually contains two completely different things:
> the portscanner tool and some gtk-based frontend. In fact the "gtk"
> useflag switches the second package.
>
> They're in fact two different applications (just one shipped as
> an subdir of another) and so should have two ebuilds.
>
As a user, please dont do that. Fragmentation by splitting packages up
is getting ridiculous. Yes, use a USE flag, but dont make it harder for
users to find, build and install.
My personal opinion is that whilst things like modular X are good for
developers, they are not so good for users - particularly gentoo users.
BillK
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-03 11:31 [gentoo-dev] Proposal for advanced useflag-syntax Noack, Sebastian
[not found] ` <20060803153407.GA19696@nibiru.local>
2006-08-03 18:38 ` Luca Barbato
[not found] ` <20060807131642.GF25236@nibiru.local>
2006-08-07 13:40 ` Paul de Vrieze
2006-08-07 14:18 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-07 10:58 ` Alec Warner
2006-08-07 16:40 ` [gentoo-dev] " Duncan
2006-08-07 21:08 ` [gentoo-dev] " Paul de Vrieze
2006-08-08 10:30 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-08 10:39 ` Simon Stelling
2006-08-08 10:58 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-08 10:57 ` Jakub Moc
2006-08-04 7:54 ` Simon Stelling
2006-08-04 9:01 ` Brian Harring
2006-08-07 13:48 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-07 14:08 ` Stephen P. Becker
2006-08-08 1:44 ` W.Kenworthy [this message]
2006-08-08 2:14 ` Mike Frysinger
2006-08-08 10:34 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-08 2:50 ` Donnie Berkholz
2006-08-08 10:40 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-08 12:37 ` Jan Kundrat
2006-08-08 14:50 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-08 15:06 ` Lance Albertson
2006-08-08 20:17 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-08 20:37 ` Lance Albertson
2006-08-08 20:46 ` Jan Kundrát
2006-08-08 21:22 ` Curtis Napier
2006-08-08 15:12 ` Thomas Cort
2006-08-08 20:22 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-08 21:02 ` Richard Fish
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-04 6:21 AW: " Noack, Sebastian
2006-08-07 13:26 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-07 14:53 ` Thomas Cort
2006-08-07 18:48 ` Enrico Weigelt
2006-08-07 20:09 ` Marius Mauch
2006-08-07 21:14 ` Paul de Vrieze
2006-08-07 15:04 AW: " Noack, Sebastian
2006-08-07 20:18 ` Enrico Weigelt
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