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From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Please enhance your USE descriptions!
References: <4D91EBB9.1020506@gentoo.org> <m3k4fgfux2.fsf@jhcloos.com> <1301514568-sup-9005@ittemni> <1301516070.2683.28.camel@TesterTop4> <1301516703-sup-4759@ittemni> <4D93A385.4000105@gmail.com> <4D93B1EF.4000409@gentoo.org>
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Aaron W. Swenson wrote:
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> On 03/30/2011 05:41 PM, Dale wrote:
> =20
>> Amadeusz =C5=BBo=C5=82nowski wrote:
>> =20
>>> Justin has pointed problem which is worth our attention. It is not ju=
st
>>> me being pissed off when reading =E2=80=9EEnable support for foo=E2=80=
=9D, there are
>>> many users complaining about that.
>>>
>>> =20
>> +1 Some descriptions may as well not have one at all. May as well
>> Google the flag and the package and see what, if anything, it returns.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-) :-)
>>
>> =20
> More often than not it just returns the Gentoo USE flag description.
> Either from g.o itself, or g-p.com which duplicates the same descriptio=
n.
>
> Every now and then you get real lucky and there's a post on f.g.o that
> comes close to telling you what it does.
>
> - - Aaron
> =20
That was why I said "if anything". Usually, I get just what you are=20
describing which gives about zero help.
That said, with the limits the description has, I'm not sure how to=20
improve it. It doesn't have much room to expand.
Dale
:-) :-)