From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Duplicate USE flags
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 11:05:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfcS_mgEogpXdSOt_YCkNDTA1gGGCX3D7fAWbjXLPgThV+1nw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ0EP41gzYsZjwGMUchwEt09-305PQcmfX3P=OxpZCBrGRS_Kg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> 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.
>
> Contact the relevant developers or file a bug if you think they should
> be consolidated.
>
Just to add one note, this happens fairly often, and when people
notice we generally fix it. New USE flags pop up all the time,
because new ideas in software come up all the time...
--
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-06 15:06 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 [this message]
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
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