Re: [gentoo-dev] Addressing split usage of USE=gles[123]

[Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 5:09 PM Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 4:54 PM Dennis Schridde <devurandom@gmx.net> wrote:
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> > On Donnerstag, 21. November 2019 09:11:46 CET Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> > > See also this related old thread:
> > > https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/e04f6d321e424a237af62721d1d09
> > > 211
> >
> > I think tackling the triad of opengl/gles, egl/glx, X/wayland is also a good
> > idea.  Generally, all these probably have to distinguish between "support for
> > XYZ" and "use only XYZ", the latter hopefully being the exception, so that the
> > former can take the shorter use-flag.  That's what I don't like about the
> > proposal from 2018: Globally enabling USE=gles will have different effects on
> > different packages.  That's also what I like about the recent proposal: The
> > flags are more explicit.
>
> Totally agree. FWIW, we have bugs filed about this for USE=wayland [0]
> and USE=USE={egl,gles{,1,2,3}}.
>
> I would be happy to see someone take up this project. I'll be happy to help.

Is anyone planning to work on this?

> [0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/627714
> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/627758