Duncan wrote: > joshua jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], > excerpted below, on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:10:35 -0700: > >> Honestly..this is not something to get picky over jakub. Upstream was >> nice and actually came and politely asked us to change the defaults to >> what most people would consider sane (all protocols by default). As I >> think most people emerging pidgin..would like to use any protocol by >> default..not go..hey I don't have yahoo, I should check my use flags. >> Which obviously hasn't happened as users pop up in #pidgin to ask why >> the heck there isn't a yahoo account available. > > [Dev-discussion, so kept posted here.] > > I've not seen this question come up yet, so I'll raise it. > > Shouldn't the question really depend on whether optional dependencies are > pulled in by the protocols or not? If everything's pidgin internal, then > if upstream wants all the protocols on as shipped, I think that's the > sane thing to do. > > OTOH, if enabling those protocols pulls in all sorts of additional > packages to support them, shipping with everything on just because it's > possible is not the Gentoo way. That's what USE flags are for. If > indeed additional dependencies are pulled in, IMO the USE flags should > remain, and maybe someone needs to explain the Gentoo way to upstream. >
++; from a user. I prefer to leave them off. However I can understand the other sides point of view, too. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
