Re: [gentoo-dev] sawfish-0.38.ebuild

[Terje Kvernes <terjekv@math.uio.no>]

AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) writes:

> I don't think we need any other extra functionality in portage to
> take care about the order of vars in USE.

  what you're basically saying is that it's up to the person making
  each build to make the choice of which lib to prioritize.
  personally, I find this rather icky, because it demands that the
  person installing the packages can't say "media(gdkpixbuf,imlib) and
  be sure that nothing ever needing just gdkpixbuf won't install
  imlib.

  the dependency is in the wrong place, it should be with the
  maintainer of the box, not the maintainer of the package. the person
  packing the stuff _might_ have a reason for wanting one thing, while
  another user might need something else.

  just think of a package that could select between using a kde or a
  gnome wrapping. the packagers personal choice isn't what I want. :-)

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Terje