[gentoo-user] Re: gnome intrusion?

[Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@gmail.com>]

Am Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:25:02 +0000
schrieb Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@gmail.com>:

> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:23:02 +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> >  
> >>  
> > What you're asking is a bit like asking for a complete list of the
> > abilities the python USE flag adds, when all you can really say is
> > it allows the software to run Python scripts, not what those
> > scripts may do.
> >
> >  
> I'm not really asking for exhaustive documentation about  USE flags,
> just saying that even some fragmented documentation would be useful. I
> don't expect a particular contributor to know  everything about a
> particular USE flag. (And, of course, no one is under any obligation
> to do it.)
> 
> All this would be easier if upstream package developers  would explain
> what the different config options really entail. Most of the times,
> "./configure --help" is not that helpful.

One could start a wiki entry for each use flag on the Gentoo wiki.

Also, you can use "euse -i USEFLAGNAME" which is sometimes helpful,
sometimes not - depending on how generic the description is.

-- 
Regards,
Kai

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