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 E1F751395E2 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:25:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C49DE0B32; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:25:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com (mail-wm0-f68.google.com [74.125.82.68]) (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 9B179E0B2B for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:25:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm0-f68.google.com with SMTP id g23so10097686wme.1 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 03:25:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=WdZOnHwIsYXAtRfgpzaybH2LUz1myw7n5FET54StuT8=; b=ggPV8DBP+48VjcrKn5Wb1sgwNCgrZvAQXfAQObKWRb14jq4fhxZ6/6HbUqsNDAF91+ 5AxDyTNGSqwMHq+IAfbD+SfOxxrUCk4VEIs/D1P9qZGmU7+qrbh9rgiDMOHjWSEce/h+ PWkyvVK09UMGzbUVKsgkwxA3G5AO5IxkTuvZwBk6a5NGWtmTwZKrk0oiW3Ntcz9KDaX7 Gl5W/7w4ttHzHwGdA2UJCQgKIFrgDEOhhnqtdkNBSXlftX9B6kvkykjRCN6WsWlfshnn pw0yhGceN8BmFX2D2i9gA/nSwglAhvax6mqVOjA68Ktpjgl9cdGuqGRx79f/YcUppbci Gkwg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=WdZOnHwIsYXAtRfgpzaybH2LUz1myw7n5FET54StuT8=; b=E/WmSuwnsIZ6HtwHWtmKbXDAqKDr7ZpSR6nnp8VPOZvrV3OBrn9ot2rBt/QXmwAfwD h14W2FB0UZM0fZBiLhnUVfmx7jmlWln0fyVh0HmL9IH9M7///PYEGzRXQxNGY+X2aXId yg9HsfCn83AKX5919ZKgnyxpBDaLJ69AcS+1YIgYQh3jv8bJfbLpW7DK9cAYtJY/j86U KIcTpDHyTa59SiR3YXfzNh9g/UzKAxYoxEyPhkmkykszGP85MqfLdSNLm6xOjrSWm0IY IgjPMs9KHpHPpndTwH3VVTMfJcMrjRM0/Wa2WTXdEg/HU7oKWrdbftp9HTWid+TDTw0O x3OQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvcSnQma5lB3WSEdnmAjTm5SDPHqrj3w9IsXRc/ZDcWirdHbHTm++3WGOm0FDNR7HAKLZPHBK6r0hstZPQ== X-Received: by 10.25.203.148 with SMTP id b142mr872205lfg.145.1479295522873; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 03:25:22 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.114.160.74 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 03:25:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20161116090804.62709b76@digimed.co.uk> References: <20161114233843.GA17594@bonus.content> <20161116021032.GA20819@waltdnes.org> <20161116090804.62709b76@digimed.co.uk> From: Jorge Almeida Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:25:02 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gnome intrusion? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: f3859422-5dd4-408e-ab57-47011fbb9fd1 X-Archives-Hash: 0ebaf139ce95b7f910a292b7f1cd0f1b On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Neil Bothwick 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. Jorge