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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