From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 066EA1395E2 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:37:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 89322E0C1C; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from acedia.primate.net (disorder.primate.net [198.144.194.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5406E0BEF for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from acedia.primate.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acedia.primate.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-6) with ESMTPS id uATIaulX026208 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:37:01 -0800 Received: (from itz@localhost) by acedia.primate.net (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id uATIap7S026195 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:36:51 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: acedia.primate.net: itz set sender to itz@primate.net using -f Received: from [10.8.78.14] (helo=matica.foolinux.mooo.com) by ahiker.mooo.com with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cBnGr-0007T5-Tx for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:36:49 -0800 Received: from itz by matica.foolinux.mooo.com with local (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1cBnGr-0005td-M9 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:36:49 -0800 Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:36:49 -0800 From: Ian Zimmerman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: USE flag question (not total newbie) Message-ID: <20161129183414.22575.0D7F2A6F@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20161129012827.14326.2F5C2D91@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <46F51B34-DE12-43DC-BFEF-50E19885EC6B@antarean.org> <20161129045413.14401.353B15DE@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <11661662.SBB68D1yao@peak> <11dc6905-91b8-55b8-532f-2b0631efcff3@gmail.com> 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: <11dc6905-91b8-55b8-532f-2b0631efcff3@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Archives-Salt: 0ecff4e5-e4de-4363-af14-d5d2b3d3b3b4 X-Archives-Hash: 03f157b0f57a1f6985756ad932e3b395 On 2016-11-29 14:48, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Different libs, different paths. Only real downside is disk space > consumed. It's not really much different from having both gth-2 and > gtk-3, or even gtk and qt No, the downside is having 2 GUIs which work in "mostly" similar but subtly different ways, and screaming (literally, in my case) every time a new inconsistency surfaces. I get enough of that with websites :-( Of course I avoid gtk3 as well. -- Please *no* private Cc: on mailing lists and newsgroups Personal signed mail: please _encrypt_ and sign Don't clear-text sign: http://cr.yp.to/smtp/8bitmime.html