On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 2:03 PM, hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 08/20/2015 07:42 PM, Michał Górny wrote: >> As an alternative, we would use USE=client and USE=server along with >> proper IUSE defaults to control client & server builds appropriately. >> Both flags use positive logic, and REQUIRED_USE='|| ( client server )' >> is rather clear. >> >> Does anyone see any real problems with that? >> > > That increases the burden of managing configuration and further abuses > REQUIRED_USE where it wasn't meant to be used in the first place. >
I don't think Michał is encouraging the use of REQUIRED_USE. It would only be used in cases where you could only install a client or a server, but not both. I imagine that would happen rarely, if ever. I support this approach. Lots of other client/server packages are moving in this direction, or even splitting the client/server into separate packages in some cases (I'm not suggesting making the latter mandatory). The typical game would have IUSE="+client +server" and then users could set -client if they want a dedicated server, or -server if they want a dedicated client, or whatever. It seems pretty intuitive to me. -- Rich
