On 12/17/03  Jason Stubbs wrote:

> Hmmm, I didn't get this email.
> 
> On Tuesday 16 December 2003 21:59, Marius Mauch wrote:
> > One problem I see with the tree represenations (and a flag being
> > present in multiple leafs) is an ordering probem. E.g. we have
> > use.gui.gnome.esd (as esd is part of gnome) and use.sound.esd. Now a
> > user has "-use.gui.gnome +use.sound", is esd enabled then or not?   
> 
> Personally, I think that flags being present in multiple leafs of a
> tree would be a bad thing. It adds unneeded complexity on the dev side
> and confusion on the user side. With a well designed tree, it
> shouldn't occur anyway. To take your example, use.gui.gnome.esd
> shouldn't exist because esd is not a gui.

Hmm, but AFAIK esd is considered a part of the Gnome desktop, same for
arts/KDE. So if I (as a user) disable gnome I'd expect that esd is
disabled too. Actually it's the same problem we have with categories,
things can fit in multiple branches. 

Marius

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