From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-dev+bounces-27719-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1Ivx4i-00079p-IJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:37:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lAOFabbX003365; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:36:37 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lAOFYgYe001064 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:34:43 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E05508D307 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:37:13 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at ferdyx.org Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno.ferdyx.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id liWuOZ-ZxBFt for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:37:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (unknown [213.121.151.206]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F41B98D305 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:37:10 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:34:36 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@blueyonder.co.uk> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE flags documentation Message-ID: <20071124153436.18faa733@blueyonder.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4748411B.4040709@gentoo.org> References: <20071124130354.GA8295@gentoo.org> <4748411B.4040709@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-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="Sig_/jn.2.k1xqbE6+Ovrs3k6CXr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 38a3529d-6dfd-40de-a9b5-dac2c6a9a023 X-Archives-Hash: ab30b8d7c01deafb0b62a11118291b7b --Sig_/jn.2.k1xqbE6+Ovrs3k6CXr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:19:55 -0500 Doug Goldstein <cardoe@gentoo.org> wrote: > Jose Luis Rivero wrote: > > Is the feature ready to be used? Is there any kind of documentation > > (aside of DTD)? It will replace use.desc? > > =20 > Well the first question you answered yourself. You linked to a post I=20 > wrote describing live commits I made to the tree using this feature. ...which is all very well, but have you added support to the various programs that handle use flags for this new functionality? Really, you should have gone for a GLEP for this -- as previous metadata GLEPs have shown, it doesn't take long to go through the GLEP process and it results in substantially better decisions. The proposal as you implemented it isn't perfect -- in particular, <pkg> the way you've done it isn't an optimal solution (think version operators and so on -- how are they to be handled?). And what about referring to other named USE flags, either globally or those associated with a particular package? Please revert the commits and go back and follow the proper process here. Whilst it's nice to see things I suggested years ago finally getting somewhere, it'd be better to see it done to its full potential. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/jn.2.k1xqbE6+Ovrs3k6CXr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHSESM96zL6DUtXhERAn4cAJ0RNAyKbdElZbruQGM+xo12auKz9wCfRPRk 0omfTUCttGcDGi/K43flwxQ= =nILn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/jn.2.k1xqbE6+Ovrs3k6CXr-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list