From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-dev+bounces-23586-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1HmZvh-0007QL-Bt for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 18:33:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4BIVoXJ023553; Fri, 11 May 2007 18:31:50 GMT Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4BIS5Lf018210 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 11 May 2007 18:28:05 GMT Received: from TesterServ.TesterNet ([70.83.102.151]) by VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JHW000Q23ASKLG0@VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 14:28:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from uucp by TesterServ.TesterNet with local-rmail (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <tester@gentoo.org>) id 1HmZqW-0005Y5-QK for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 14:28:04 -0400 Received: by TesterTop3.tester.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 088D14A4157; Fri, 11 May 2007 14:27:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:27:57 -0400 From: Olivier =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cr=EAte?= <tester@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Optional Package Dependencies for netscape-flash -> libflashsupport In-reply-to: <20070511121210.7a75dfa2@sed-192.sedsystems.ca> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <1178908077.8007.21.camel@localhost> Organization: Gentoo Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 Content-type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Ik764pozzcRKj9T3wqMX" References: <20070510110018.67dd40a0@sed-192.sedsystems.ca> <46436275.8050809@gentoo.org> <1178824282.8007.18.camel@localhost> <20070511111555.5f26e596@sed-192.sedsystems.ca> <4644AF3F.7030503@gentoo.org> <20070511121210.7a75dfa2@sed-192.sedsystems.ca> X-Archives-Salt: 4bbc538f-e524-446b-9d79-939c2a22470b X-Archives-Hash: d26716e1f0cfd37fe3c7e87e632e702f --=-Ik764pozzcRKj9T3wqMX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-11-05 at 12:12 -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote: > Josh Saddler wrote: > > Jim Ramsay wrote: > > > I suppose I could also propose: > > >=20 > > > 4) netscape-flash just RDEPENDS on libflashsupport all the time. > > > It's certainly not a large library to be added on. > > >=20 > >=20 > > That is a terrible idea. Don't make it "depend" on something that it > > clearly does *not* depend on. Flash works just fine without the > > optional add-ons, and those are *definitely* optional. I've never > > needed libflashsupport and would prefer not seeing useless cruft > > attached to a perfectly working Flash installation. >=20 > Point taken - If you don't want the extra features you don't want > libflashsupport at all. >=20 > I could make it so that if all of the USE flags for libflashsupport are > turned off it doesn't actually install the library at all, just gets > added to the list of installed packages. >=20 > > If you're going to add it to USE, then make sure it's *not* on by > > default, thanks. >=20 > This way it will adhere to your current set of global USE flags. If you > have pulseaudio, esd, oss, ssl, or gnutls on globally, it will install > libflashsupport with the appropriate hooks in it. If they are all > off (either globally or specifically for libflashsupport) you will > just get the same old netscape-flash with no add-ons. >=20 > Is this a worthy compromise? This seems even worse.. I think either having one local use flag in netscape-flash is probably the best solution.. The second best is to have all of the use flags and RDEPEND on flash-support if any is enabled. --=20 Olivier Cr=C3=AAte tester@gentoo.org Gentoo Developer --=-Ik764pozzcRKj9T3wqMX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGRLWtHTiOWk7ZorsRAsySAJ99HrLQ9SSIrIFQtENSdTC5s45eBQCfQz5Q eB/cRRhKOtsASxRkthuN5Bw= =34cI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Ik764pozzcRKj9T3wqMX-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list