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From: Arun Raghavan <ford_prefect@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: introspection
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2010/6/21 Olivier Cr=EAte <tester@gentoo.org>:
> On Sun, 2010-06-20 at 20:12 +0530, Arun Raghavan wrote:
>> I'd like to propose a new global USE-flag: introspection.
> ...
>> Any objections? I'll wait till Wed (June 23rd) before adding this if
>> there aren't any.
>
> Do we really want it to be a USE flag ? I would force it on always for
> everyone. Due to the direction in which GNOME is heading, it will be
> required by the core desktop anyway.
In addition to what Nirbheek pointed out, I think a USE flag would be
useful for embedded setups where you might only want introspection for
a subset of libraries.
I do agree with you about it being part of the core desktop and
required by most users, so it will be enabled by default for all
ebuilds.
Cheers,
--=20
Arun Raghavan
http://arunraghavan.net/
(Ford_Prefect | Gentoo) & (arunsr | GNOME)