On T, 2007-10-09 at 21:03 -0600, Steve Dibb wrote:
> The little lame use flag has started showing up more in local use flags, 
> and all for the same purpose, MP3 support using LAME libraries.  I vote 
> we move it into a global use flag.  Any objections, let me know.
> 
> $ quse -D lame
>   local:lame:media-libs/libquicktime: Support LAME mp3 encoding
>   local:lame:media-libs/mlt: Support LAME mp3 encoding
>   local:lame:media-sound/abcde: Support LAME mp3 encoding
>   local:lame:media-sound/gnusound: Enable lame support
>   local:lame:media-video/mpeg4ip: Support LAME mp3 encoding in the 
> server/mp4live

Any reason to not use something like mp3enc flag instead at that point?
mp3 USE flag is already global, and appears to mean mp3 decoding, so how
about a general mp3 encoding USE flag? I guess merging decoding and
encoding behind the same USE flag might be an option too.


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