Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE_EXPAND flag for www-servers/monkeyd

["Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>]

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Dnia 2013-06-01, o godz. 15:20:32
William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> napisał(a):

> On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 08:00:22PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> > If a switch toggles a feature that does not introduce additional
> > dependencies, is small and can be toggled from within the app, a flag
> > is useless.
>  
> If someone never wants the feature in the first place, and they can save
> space and build time by not building or installing the man pages,
> executables, config files, etc for it, forcing it onto their systems is
> an unnecessary waste of build time and bloating their systems.

Unless the complexity added by a dozen USE flags actually *wastes more
time* than installing the manpage. Especially if he ends up rebuilding
something big because someone smart decided to add USE flag he wouldn't
ever expect to be there.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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