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From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vim and gvim package split
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:03:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131101020323.GA14264@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131031230212.1ea303a9@egeo.atlantide.net>

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:02:12PM +0100, Alessandro DE LAURENZIS wrote
> I guess this is an already debated topic, but I only found this very
> old thread on the subject:
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/4328
> 
> which contains the original communication of the ebuild split and some
> discussions and observations that probably are no more applicable.
> 
> I'm absolutely convinced that one of the gentoo strengths is the USE
> variable handling compile time options, so I do not see any points to
> split packages when not absolutely needed.
> 
> In case of vim-core/vim/gvim (and vim-qt?), I cannot understand
> the reason... Are still there advantages in doing so?
> 
> Thanks for your time

  While you're at it, can you ***PLEASE*** get rid of the ewarn message

> WARN: postinst
> Note that the English word lists are no longer installed by
> default.

  It's been in there for what seems like forever.  I just checked
/var/log/portage/elog on the PC hooked up to my TV set.  I installed
Gentoo on it June 22nd, 2010.  The message was in there back then.
That's over 3 years!!!  Enough already.  I go through the messages in
/var/portage/elog after every update.  It's annoying to have that same
old message polluting the logs.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications


      reply	other threads:[~2013-11-01  2:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-31 22:02 [gentoo-user] vim and gvim package split Alessandro DE LAURENZIS
2013-11-01  2:03 ` Walter Dnes [this message]

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