On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:48 +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > * Brian Harring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
... > Let's take a better example: nmap > This package actually contains two completely different things: > the portscanner tool and some gtk-based frontend. In fact the "gtk" > useflag switches the second package. > > They're in fact two different applications (just one shipped as > an subdir of another) and so should have two ebuilds. > As a user, please dont do that. Fragmentation by splitting packages up is getting ridiculous. Yes, use a USE flag, but dont make it harder for users to find, build and install. My personal opinion is that whilst things like modular X are good for developers, they are not so good for users - particularly gentoo users. BillK -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
