Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 11/01/2014 18:01, Michał Górny wrote:
> Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 16:56:37
> Luis Ressel <aranea@aixah.de> napisał(a):
> 
>> I've got an additional proposal: It would be interesting if this
>> feature could also make use of the LINGUAS var for selectively
>> filtering /usr/share/man and and /usr/share/locale, as most ebuilds
>> don't respect this variable natively.
> 
> That's a side goal.
> 
> I was thinking of something like:
> 
>   INSTALL_MASK="linguas -linguas_XX"
> 
> that would remove all linguas except for language XX.


That is similar to USE="no<something>" with all the attendant user
support problems it brings.

A far better method from a user point of view is to install the linguas
the user explicitly asked for. Your proposal as worded will be taken at
first glance to mean "install all linguas, but not XX" as most users
won't see the MASK portion and forget to flip the logic around in their
head.

How much work is it to get native support for LINGUAS into all ebuilds?
That would be the intuitive place considering there is already USE flags
for LINGUAS.

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Alan McKinnon
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