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 289A6198005 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:32:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A968AE07CA; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:32:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6BCD3E07BA for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:32:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pomiocik (s126.wifi.put.poznan.pl [150.254.132.127]) (using SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mgorny) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 786C033BF45; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:32:09 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:32:50 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: ssuominen@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make inotify a global USE flag? Message-ID: <20130321173250.62133715@pomiocik> In-Reply-To: <514AE1BF.3030605@gentoo.org> References: <20810.57629.196394.526922@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <514AE1BF.3030605@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA512; boundary="Sig_/P5yscnhYE2tEkqHvUYR/NaL"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 626ec0f6-9a93-401e-9acf-3e629bed66d4 X-Archives-Hash: a680dd6f162a62a6fb78f86d0d3da593 --Sig_/P5yscnhYE2tEkqHvUYR/NaL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:32:31 +0200 Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 21/03/13 12:29, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > These packages have inotify as local USE flag: > > > > app-editors/emacs-vcs > > app-misc/recoll > > app-misc/strigi > > dev-libs/ecore > > dev-vcs/git-annex > > media-sound/mpd > > net-im/ekg2 > > net-misc/mediatomb > > sys-fs/aufs2 > > sys-fs/aufs3 > > sys-process/cronie > > > > Should we make it a global flag? What description is better: > > > > inotify - Enable inotify filesystem monitoring support > > inotify - Enable inotify file change notification support >=20 > +1, ... >=20 > ... despite that most of these shouldn't even have a USE flag for=20 > inotify, instead it should always be enabled with 'kernel_linux' and let= =20 > the application itself do a runtime check if inotify is available or not > since these have no external dependencies (other than virtual/os-headers) > not everything should be put behind USE flag :-/ net-im/ekg2 fixed. But you should seriously consider opening a bug, at least a common one CC-ing all the remaining maintainers. --=20 Best regards, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny --Sig_/P5yscnhYE2tEkqHvUYR/NaL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJRSzYzXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ1RUJGMjBGOTk2RkIzQzIyQ0M2RkNBNDBC QUJGMUQ1RkY4QzgxMTBBAAoJELq/HV/4yBEKaqYQAIWDly1HPZBkkEf34JmjpQv+ wKpBxnDhivr/QxUz3siSS3uVXJvcKjoPtzywLRfNLHJ5ewq+v7G3Jsfr7VARfpkQ C1HunjxAoIylXjnLPt+z589+dRBBTGcsJUlgXJMPnf8fKtYtEqm/zrYEE6Ro/h5C lWfzKBGkhlYVsyMzJ3ImM4O7YfGjnbqnyE2Oo0mNNN49rcyNNMisKlexaw88S/9G 5q6QS5HqLsY8KcqUSlQdA0/dShDXeuFg2wi/uDcuJQn66VJOkOGCMwN9UKtMwYXy vnd32nbmbxJBEGeRZe33eBeabA4Eg4gyECRjnxvHSLcjMZkoSqxnVL5vT0HN1alh n8arlCEAaotFXUBAF8c44dQFsEpAXEjd4nywDK2fC5L7H5SXLIdhFh+nxodCUsQD GvOTwIc5BNv9qcizUWiygXHbpueVWhjTkARJCoYcbjenQV9vz55lmXA4YxNyB3Vf 5d0U8MsxLF4CTl793i5woU7rObI+ykaoJJmgSRB1eYxD79OJMrjAqBDnPoMPQKF/ CKZCZ43ujC+zS1lKUwcsqeTzzYSeDnfUzhN5/03g5YERgSiqMYWouO1GfLXauFst PDZ3FDLpaWbCRRpNcfvKLYx35ZwKzgdafRoMoZzp8aJJhNHpXX5Yta24d8WJmRa4 kSFWquikbxPwuYpcrI49 =tMMg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/P5yscnhYE2tEkqHvUYR/NaL--