[gentoo-dev] Re: Local bindist descriptions

[nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt (Nuno J. Silva)]

On 2012-12-31, Alexis Ballier wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:15:25 +0100
> Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:01:52 -0300
>> Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > > Etc. ffmpeg is like the holy grail of local bindist descriptions.
>> > 
>> > bindist does absolutely nothing by itself there. do you really want
>> > a description like "Enforces license compatibility constraints" ?
>> > I consider this a subset of the current bindist description. If you
>> > don't then maybe the bindist description should be updated.
>> 
>> Well, that's another problem we have there. I really like the ffmpeg
>> idea of 'bindist' not doing anything by itself. If all packages did
>> that, I would see no problem with having global meaningful 'bindist'.
>> 
>> But if in some cases USE=bindist does something, then I believe ffmpeg
>> should describe that it just 'enforces REQUIRED_USE contraints' with
>> no hidden magic beneath.
>
> Yep you're right, I guess in that case it's good to add such a
> description.

And maybe "check ebuild for more information", although I think this is
rather suboptimal approach, if we're providing a description for it, we
may as well provide a more complete one, and, for the same cost, make
life easier for other people:

   "Do not allow the compilation of patent-encumbered AAC
   encoders. Please note that disabling this flag does not enable these
   features, which are ruled by separate flags (encoding and either faac
   or aacplus)."

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