From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mercury.phoenix-interactive.com (g254.lweb.net [209.167.237.254]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A8AEC0A for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:42:02 -0600 (CST) Received: by mercury.phoenix-interactive.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:42:11 -0500 Message-ID: <23DFAA462CC6A64487613B0E242D9FF706EAF3@mercury.phoenix-interactive.com> From: Sean Mitchell To: "'gentoo-dev@gentoo.org'" Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] USE settings for specific apps Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:42:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 90fb6a26-93b4-4372-bbfa-1429a489c749 X-Archives-Hash: 8388360338b9326c017d7c3211800f80 > Some people have suggested that they would like to be > able to set some > USE variables for specific apps.....examples escape me, but I > know it has > been brought up. > > Anyways, I was thinking something along these lines would work: > > ---- > # Global settings > USE = "this that other etc" > > # App specific > USE-mozilla = "!this !that foo" > ---- > > Basicaly, the syntax would be "USE-". This portion should be > simple enough to impliment, however the variables pose more > of a problem > since you dont want to have to repeat all of the normal USE > settings for a > specific app and most of the time you just want to specify a > USE setting not > to use (hence the !'s). Special vars might be good here too, like > "defaults" to inherit all the global USE settings...or > "no-defaults" to > ignore them all... > > .....thats the general idea....comments? I don't like the idea of making app-specific settings in a global file. For my money I think that a command line switch to emerge/ebuild to turn certain USE variables on or off would be better. The idea that a user ALWAYS or NEVER wants to use a particular thing seems a bit rigid to me. Sean ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sean Mitchell Software Engineer smitchell@phoenix-interactive.com Phoenix Interactive Design Inc tel. 519-679-2913 x237 4th Floor, 137 Dundas St fax. 519 679 6773 London, ON, Canada N6A 1E9 ICQ# 104246806 ------------------------------------------------------------------------