11.08.2015 16:49, Michael Palimaka пишет:
>> You think that REQUIRED_USE is abusive to users: fine. Point accepted.
>> I think that provided DEPEND strings if they will be typed at every
>> single qt-related ebuild that needs them are abusive to developers.
>>
>> So, maybe we should wrap them into eclass and stop riding our own
>> bicycles...
>>
>> And then - use apropriate one-liner where it's needed, providing
>> reasonable default and NOT confusing users with overmanaging their
>> package.use
>>
> 
> Please read Ben's original post again. Dependency strings are not the topic.
> 
> 

If introducing new USE-flags or ignoring using REQUIRED_USE leads to
blowing the DEPEND variable, adding pain for the developers - it is the
topic, definitely

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Best regards, Sergey Popov
Gentoo developer
Gentoo Desktop Effects project lead
Gentoo Quality Assurance project lead
Gentoo Proxy maintainers project lead

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