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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] RFC: split tcltk USE flag to tcl and tk
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 00:55:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030817075537.GA16981@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> (raw)

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I'd like comments on splitting the tcltk USE flag into 'tcl' and 'tk'
USE flags.

My primary motivation for this is that I am putting together many more
servers lately, and I need tcl on them, but I don't want X there.
doing 'USE=tcltk emerge python' pulls in xfree due to 
tcltk? ( ...tk... ) in the python ebuild.

Advantages:
1. More accurately reflects what a package uses, and allows for better
customization.

Disadvantages:
2. Changing existing ebuilds to the new style
3. Users with tcltk have to update their USE flags.

I am more than willing to bear the brunt of the work of updating the
ebuilds if there are no objections to this.

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Robin Hugh Johnson
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             reply	other threads:[~2003-08-17  7:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-17  7:55 Robin H. Johnson [this message]
2003-08-17  8:02 ` [gentoo-dev] RFC: split tcltk USE flag to tcl and tk Jon Portnoy
2003-08-17  8:08 ` Seemant Kulleen
2003-08-17  8:32   ` Robin H. Johnson
2003-08-17 13:15     ` Spider
2003-08-18  0:19       ` Georgi Georgiev
2003-09-16  4:06       ` Georgi Georgiev
2003-08-17 16:01     ` George Shapovalov
2003-08-17 13:48   ` Luke-Jr
2003-08-17  8:18 ` Tony Clark

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