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 4.43) id 1ELntl-0002Td-9d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:23:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j91KFVRs003690; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 20:15:31 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j91KDn00015181 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 20:13:50 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1ELnrT-0005QK-UQ for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:21:36 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ELnrw-0007XU-VA for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:22:05 +0100 Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 21:22:02 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Improved ebuild information Message-ID: <20051001212202.3e7537f3@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <433EEF5B.1040102@stiefelweb.de> References: <433EEF5B.1040102@stiefelweb.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Sat__1_Oct_2005_21_22_02_+0100_9Lr7Etz7N3cIO9x3; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 84603a1e-5666-4bc6-b24c-35c9fdde606e X-Archives-Hash: bf2dff4870d32dc1bff23af666906d15 --Signature_Sat__1_Oct_2005_21_22_02_+0100_9Lr7Etz7N3cIO9x3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:19:39 +0200 Daniel Stiefelmaier <mail@stiefelweb.de> wrote: | I'd like to have a functionality that prints out what the useflags of | a ebuild are good for. Some are obvious, others are not. Example: | The useflag "xprint" sounds like printing support, but doesn't tell | if you need it if you use cups or the kde-printing system or... | whatever. We've discussed adding this to metadata.xml a few times in the past, but every time there was opposition from a vocal minority of one who claimed that USE flags should always do exactly the same thing for every package. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Sat__1_Oct_2005_21_22_02_+0100_9Lr7Etz7N3cIO9x3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDPu/s96zL6DUtXhERAuhpAJwOKJJ2oMujK5Y3LgYJglENWLaEvwCeMuH0 Sn6JdRoymtujFsojfYGCFVU= =Sumf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sat__1_Oct_2005_21_22_02_+0100_9Lr7Etz7N3cIO9x3-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list