From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3472138247 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:44:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E46BE0B59; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:44:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D7EBE0B34 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:44:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [91.220.220.251] (pinkbyte.micronet-rostov.ru [91.220.220.251]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pinkbyte) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5522E33F7A5 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 08:44:33 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <52BFE0A0.6080809@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 12:43:12 +0400 From: Sergey Popov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131113 Thunderbird/17.0.9 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] static-libs: change global USE flag description References: <52BF1EED.5080406@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <52BF1EED.5080406@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rDPEdCIOAIQu0PD3SHbbqhxBLlJCBXfHm" X-Archives-Salt: 9130259a-694f-4d97-87db-871a708c78f4 X-Archives-Hash: 8664ad5a2d5d3a9ce8ffd23bec814079 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --rDPEdCIOAIQu0PD3SHbbqhxBLlJCBXfHm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 28.12.2013 22:56, hasufell =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > static-libs - Build static libraries >=20 > 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. >=20 > An alternative description would be: > static-libs - Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well >=20 > that makes clear that > a) it's about _additionally_ installing static libraries > and > b) there is a dynamic "counterpart" of that library >=20 > This is often a confusing topic for new ebuild writers. The > description might help with that too. >=20 > Are there any known exceptions that would need a local description > after this change? >=20 +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. --=20 Best regards, Sergey Popov Gentoo developer Gentoo Desktop Effects project lead Gentoo Qt project lead Gentoo Proxy maintainers project lead --rDPEdCIOAIQu0PD3SHbbqhxBLlJCBXfHm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSv+CgAAoJECo/aRed92674jUH/R+S51Qf2AHSmIGlIDlgFKFv xfOJHDERAMKsLkwsZOkHhJxXvZVw4CNPzDUZN5BnRbOQEWwKnExX1hHadmWMaS2X OFIRum3QNJdhgkUtTq0b4sonXBxBWr1GsBEIa1D8/DFATcZCJAZtgbZQLNE0eBcT L6TpFSg3A2up9UKZgneeEdSEWQGIYwDuitzhVWioiAZcu6A0la6s8Iw1YHDhAIJ2 Xy2ZoxtDoTHQovMflUtzgT+RshdiXaRbbHYkLg//AjlI/kX8RNROOSE2BXOIXsS/ ayaGBxU4baqziy5y//KpJugSZ7yVqyjrc9yNjgOkvm1POHmc+lKlVd1yQ7MCGe8= =7YH0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rDPEdCIOAIQu0PD3SHbbqhxBLlJCBXfHm--