Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in app-editors/leafpad: ChangeLog leafpad-0.8.14.ebuild

[Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>]

>>>>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008, Mike Frysinger wrote:

>> And IMHO the "emacs" USE flag should not be used here:
>> 
>> $ ./configure -hs
>> Configuration of Leafpad 0.8.12:
>> 
>> Optional Features:
>> [...]
>> --enable-emacs          implement Emacs key theme (experimental)
>> 
>> $ equery uses =leafpad-0.8.12
>> [...]
>> + + emacs : Adds support for GNU Emacs
>> 
>> As its description says, the flag is intended for GNU Emacs support
>> which is not the case here.

> i think the USE flag makes sense. perhaps the description should be
> changed.

Certainly a USE flag makes sense here, but it shouldn't be USE=emacs.

The "emacs" global USE flag is used by 82 other packages (all outside
the app-emacs category). Its purpose is always that GNU Emacs specific
files are installed; either directly, or indirectly by pulling another
package via *DEPEND.

So leafpad would be the first package assigning a different meaning to
the flag.

In my opinion, a local USE flag like "emacskeys" or "emacs-keymap"
would make more sense here. (And I doubt that users who would enable
Emacs key bindings in leafpad would always want GNU Emacs. Setting
USE=emacs in make.conf will inevitably install it.)

Ulrich
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