If you'll take a look at kde-l10n-4.2.2 then you will see that its already splited =) no need to download additional languages. it will download only needed ones. Needed language will be chosen by LINGUAS variable in /etc/make.conf
On Среда 22 апреля 2009 16:13:02 Fabio Erculiani wrote: > Hi, > in Sabayon we are providing our users kde-l10n split ebuilds (as well > as openoffice-l10n ones) since a long time ago. The split has many > advantages and follows this rationale: > > - Gentoo seems to follow the rule to not split packages over what > upstream does, the inverse condition (merge more packages into one) > should be respected too. > - Gentoo is about choice, providing this alternative way can be a plus > and introduce several advantages for users: > source world advantages: > - it makes possible to add/remove kde-l10n packages without having > to recompile all the localizations every time > - "backward compatibility" kept through kde-l10n-meta ebuild > - ebuild maintenance requirements don't grow with ebuilds' number > growth (5 lines bash script does enough magic on version bumps) > - scalable disk space requirements without the annoying recompilation > phase binary world advantages: > - ability to provide split packages makes possible to support all > the languages without forcing users to install a 500+ mb package > - reduced install time > - reduced disk space > - improved administration power and TCO (add/remove support for a > language becomes trivial) > - scalable disk space requirements > > Invalid complaints ( :P ): > - improved maintenance costs: it's not true, scripting exists for a reason > - There are USE flags: use flags tuning is not possible in binary > worlds and always forces users to recompile (which is not always > possible) > > Reference ebuilds: > - http://svn.sabayonlinux.org/overlay/kde-base > Quick and dirty update script example: > - http://svn.sabayonlinux.org/overlay/kde-base/do-kde-l10n.sh > Example of kde-l10n-meta ebuild: > - > http://svn.sabayonlinux.org/overlay/kde-base/kde-l10n-meta/kde-l10n-meta-4. >2.2.ebuild > > Opinions? -- Alexey 'Alexxy' Shvetsov Gentoo/KDE Gentoo/MIPS Gentoo Team Ru
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