From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9928B139694 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:20:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 04C5D1FC089; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:20:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0B461FC085 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:20:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (patriceclement.eu [91.121.149.60]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: monsieurp@gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 620A93416F1 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gentoo.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1000 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) monsieurp@gentoo.org; Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:20:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:20:05 +0200 From: Patrice Clement To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] vim-syntax USE flag Message-ID: <20170723142005.GB8732@patriceclement.me> References: 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: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.2 (2016-11-26) X-Archives-Salt: 70ee7dba-2685-4458-88ed-d8fe4228eb64 X-Archives-Hash: 93b690fb843e877d600999bdd78cb0f6 Hi Mike Saturday 22 Jul 2017 16:27:39, Mike Gilbert wrote : > Packages currently handle installation of vim syntax support files > inconsistently. Some builds install the files if the "vim-syntax" USE > flag is enabled, while others install them unconditionally. > > Do these files fall into the "small text files" category for > unconditional installation? If so, we should probably phase out the > vim-syntax USE flag. > > If we want to keep the USE flag, I would suggest documenting a global > policy regarding its use. Should that live in the devmanual? Or maybe > the Vim project page? > Do you have a list handy of packages installing the vim syntax files unconditionally? I can look into this issue. -- Patrice Clement Gentoo Linux developer http://www.gentoo.org