Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] gtk/gtk2/gtk3 USE flag situation

[rindeal <dev.rindeal@gmail.com>]

On 27 May 2016 at 20:26, Mart Raudsepp <leio@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Ühel kenal päeval, R, 27.05.2016 kell 14:10, kirjutas
> waltdnes@waltdnes.org:
>>   While we're at it, why are there 23 occurences of the "X" useflag
>> in
>> /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc when it exists in
>> /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc ???  I'm talking about stuff like...
>>
>> app-misc/vifm:X - Add support for X11
>> dev-libs/m17n-lib:X - Builds the Graphical User Interface API and
>> utilities for the package.
>> dev-libs/wlc:X - Enable X11 backend and XWayland support.
>> dev-python/PyQt4:X - Build bindings for the QtGui module
>> dev-python/pyside:X - Build QtGui and QtTest modules
>
> Because they specify in more details what the USE flag does
> specifically, in the context of that package.
> Such more exact local descriptions are something I at least personally
> strongly advocate in favour of.
> app-misc/vifm local desc seems redundant though, but the rest listed
> here seem useful and necessary.
>

It also clearly shows how is this flag misused:

dev-python/PyQt4:X - Build bindings for the QtGui module
dev-python/pyside:X - Build QtGui and QtTest modules
media-gfx/fbida:X - Install the Motif based image viewer "ida"
media-video/aravis:X - Build the GTK+-based video viewer for aravis.
This requires GStreamer and a few plugins but technically not the GST
plugin for aravis.
net-irc/quassel:X - Build the Qt 4 GUI client for quassel. If this USE
flag is disabled, the GUI is not built, and cannot be used. You might
want to disable this on the server, but you need it enabled on the
client.