Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Duplicated entries in use.desc and use.local.desc

[Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org>]

R Hill wrote:
> a global USE flag duplicated in use.local.desc could be used to give specific
> information about exactly what effect the flag has on a certain package, or if
> for some reason it does differ slightly from the global meaning.
> 
> global use flags (searching: doc)
> ************************************************************
> [-    ] doc - Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc)
> 
> local use flags (searching: doc)
> ************************************************************
> [-    ] doc (app-examples/fakeapp):
> Build user manuals in PDF format (requires ps2pdf)

That'd be bad practice. When a new global use flag is made, the requirement is
that all local use flags which would get united have *the same meaning*. If the
meaning is the same, it doesn't make sense to mention it twice. If the meaning
differs (slightly or not), it should get a local use flag.

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Simon Stelling
Gentoo/AMD64 Operational Co-Lead
blubb@gentoo.org
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