[gentoo-dev] static-libs: change global USE flag description

[gentoo-dev] static-libs: change global USE flag description

[hasufell]

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static-libs - Build static libraries

This can be ambiguous as some packages (like SDL2 - after I apply the
necessary patch) have libraries that are not supposed to be dynamic at
all.

An alternative description would be:
static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well

that makes clear that
a) it's about _additionally_ installing static libraries
and
b) there is a dynamic "counterpart" of that library

This is often a confusing topic for new ebuild writers. The
description might help with that too.

Are there any known exceptions that would need a local description
after this change?
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Re: [gentoo-dev] static-libs: change global USE flag description

[Sergey Popov]

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28.12.2013 22:56, hasufell пишет:
> static-libs - Build static libraries
> 
> This can be ambiguous as some packages (like SDL2 - after I apply the
> necessary patch) have libraries that are not supposed to be dynamic at
> all.
> 
> An alternative description would be:
> static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
> 
> that makes clear that
> a) it's about _additionally_ installing static libraries
> and
> b) there is a dynamic "counterpart" of that library
> 
> This is often a confusing topic for new ebuild writers. The
> description might help with that too.
> 
> Are there any known exceptions that would need a local description
> after this change?
> 

+1 for that. As i see in tree, this USE-flag is used just for concrete
purpose - building of static libraries in addition to dynamic ones.
So, changing description to be more relevant is a good thing.

-- 
Best regards, Sergey Popov
Gentoo developer
Gentoo Desktop Effects project lead
Gentoo Qt project lead
Gentoo Proxy maintainers project lead


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