From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qa774-0000or-7L for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:12:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3E3AF1C093; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [70.91.141.202]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E34501C093 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:09:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5ODcWGf010819 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:38:32 -0400 Received: (from tgoodman@localhost) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p5ODcWRY010818 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:38:32 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.bonedaddy.net: tgoodman set sender to tsg@bonedaddy.net using -f Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:38:32 -0400 From: Todd Goodman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Do we have to build gcc with fortran now? Message-ID: <20110624133832.GQ30008@ns1.bonedaddy.net> References: <4E0167C4.9080100@gmail.com> <4E020F32.1040209@gmail.com> <201106232322.11570.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <4E03C416.7000504@kutulu.org> <20110624120304.GM30008@ns1.bonedaddy.net> <4E0486D1.20703@kutulu.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E0486D1.20703@kutulu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: bdce356440aef0c3fbd4e73632d04d50 * Mike Edenfield [110624 08:25]: > On 6/24/2011 8:03 AM, Todd Goodman wrote: > > * Mike Edenfield [110623 18:34]: > > >> It's one package (cantor) that has one dependency (R) that is optional > >> (USE=-R) that falls squarely into the "if you aren't sure if you need it > >> then you probably don't" category. So for most users, no, you don't need > > > What seems strange then is that if everyone keeps telling Dale that he > > most likely doesn't need cantor and R then why is R enabled in the > > profile by default? > > It's not enabled in the profile, it's enabled in the ebuild: > > IUSE="debug ps +R" > > and likely for the same reason there's a scary warning. If > you're installing cantor, because you plan to use it (and > not because kde-meta is a bloat monster), you need one of > the two backends to make it work. R is the preferred option > there, so the cantor maintainers assume "if you want cantor, > you probably want R", and the cascade begins. > > --Mike Ah, OK. So it really comes down to "kde-meta is a bloat monster." Thanks, Todd