From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 474EB138010 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:52:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4F67821C056; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024BD21C060 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:50:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.53] (nsg93-9-78-225-4-220.fbx.proxad.net [78.225.4.220]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eva) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C0CC533CEF7 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:50:50 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1348012244.28505.2.camel@kanae> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] making USE=upnp a global flag From: Gilles Dartiguelongue To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:50:44 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20120918100551.65b1e254@pomiocik.lan> References: <20120908202948.1ad384ce@pomiocik.lan> <1347922516.32391.8.camel@kanae> <20120918100551.65b1e254@pomiocik.lan> Organization: Gentoo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 0b0da894-0e99-4746-bfbd-bfe4e888c4f0 X-Archives-Hash: 3045eec2c0a6a0bdca0489ffe6f72d81 Le mardi 18 septembre 2012 à 10:05 +0200, Michał Górny a écrit : > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:55:16 +0200 > Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote: > > > Le samedi 08 septembre 2012 à 20:29 +0200, Michał Górny a écrit : > > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2012 10:37:49 -0700 > > > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > > > > i'm surprised this hasn't happened already. currently at 18 users > > > > (and i'm adding another), so time to make global. i'll use the > > > > description: > > > > upnp: Enable support for the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) > > > > network protocol > > > > > > Not sure about that description. It's whole stack of protocols which > > > usually benefit from more refined description. > > > > > > On the other hand, the local descriptions in the tree show that some > > > people simply don't care and you are guessing what it does anyway... > > > > > "Enable support for DLNA/UPnP" seems a good enough description. People > > that care about it most likely will know two things about it: > > * opens up ports on the router for torrents/games > > * makes PC talk to TV/console for audio/video > > But these are two distinct things. The first one may be useful for me, > the second one won't. Let me just say that as a user, concerning this technology aggregate, I really don't care, it has to "just work" :). Now if you gather enough momentum to split this flag and make other people on this list agree with you, I'll be just fine with it :) -- Gilles Dartiguelongue Gentoo