Jeroen Roovers wrote:
On Mon, 23 May 2011 11:27:18 -0500
Dale<[email protected]> wrote:
Jeroen Roovers wrote:
(I find myself wondering why so much information is being jammed
into USE flag descriptions that /should/ be available in HOWTOs from
upstream, or else should be written down in HOWTOs we maintain
ourselves - we (Gentoo) used to be good at providing HOWTOs as
needed and it's a good tradition to keep up. It helps the entire
open source community and not just our users, too.)
Anyway, count the YESs above. Maybe some people want to
comment/explain/defend how they wrote their descriptions, so don't
touch them just yet. :)
The reason the info is there is so that users, like me, know what the
USE flag is for. Me personally, I still think some of them don't
help much and need more info but it is better than it used to be.
So, if you can make them shorter and users still able to figure out
what they do, great. If not, then the info needs to stay. Us users
need it.
What the hell are you talking about? *I* am a user... Please make a
direct point in reply to my superficial criticism on each USE=server
flag or reply to what you quoted above. I don't see anything
constructive or relevant in your reply. You seem to argue that I can
somehow technically or magically derive a USE flag's meaning whereas
you cannot. If you want to defend that, then start a new thread.
jer
I was talking about what you wrote and I quoted above in my reply.
Since you want to have the attitude you have, please disregard my reply
and I guess another reply to mine which agreed with me and even
elaborated on the point I made. I guess the two if us misread what you
wrote.
Sorry to have wrinkled your feathers.
Dale
:-) :-)
