From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:32:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1686515.FNECagL81j@peak> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ0EP41gzYsZjwGMUchwEt09-305PQcmfX3P=OxpZCBrGRS_Kg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wednesday 06 Jul 2016 10:31:26 Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:10 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why we have two USE flags for the same thing? Geoloc
> > and
> > geolocation both switch on geolocation but in different packages.
> >
> > This duplication caused me much head-scratching and needless extra work in
> > trying to install a plasma system without NetworkManager.
>
> Two different developers working on separate packages came up with
> similar looking USE flags. The GNOME team went with geoloc, while the
> KDE team went with geolocation.
I think they're more than similar looking: they're functionally identical.
> Contact the relevant developers or file a bug if you think they should
> be consolidated.
Done: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=588168
--
Rgds
Peter
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-06 15:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-06 9:10 [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags Peter Humphrey
2016-07-06 14:31 ` Mike Gilbert
2016-07-06 15:05 ` Rich Freeman
2016-07-06 16:11 ` waltdnes
2016-07-06 16:25 ` Peter Humphrey
2016-07-06 19:14 ` waltdnes
2016-07-06 15:32 ` Peter Humphrey [this message]
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