On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Jason Zaman <perfin...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Which looks easier and nicer to you? > > NGINX_MODULES_HTTP="access auth_basic autoindex browser charset > fancyindex fastcgi geo gzip limit_req limit_zone map memcached proxy > realip referer rewrite scgi spdy split_clients ssi upstream_check > upstream_ip_hash userid uwsgi" > > or: > > www-servers/nginx nginx_modules_http_access nginx_modules_http_auth_basic > nginx_modules_http_autoindex nginx_modules_http_browser > nginx_modules_http_charset nginx_modules_http_fancyindex > nginx_modules_http_fastcgi nginx_modules_http_geo nginx_modules_http_gzip > nginx_modules_http_limit_req nginx_modules_http_limit_zone > nginx_modules_http_map nginx_modules_http_memcached nginx_modules_http_proxy > nginx_modules_http_realip nginx_modules_http_referer > nginx_modules_http_rewrite nginx_modules_http_scgi nginx_modules_http_spdy > nginx_modules_http_split_clients nginx_modules_http_ssi > nginx_modules_http_upstream_check nginx_modules_http_upstream_ip_hash > nginx_modules_http_userid nginx_modules_http_uwsgi
Well, it seems like we could easily skip the _modules_http suffix, and the difference would not nearly be so large. The problem I have with it is that, as a user, it's yet another concept to grasp and configure. Instead of just working with USE flags (e.g. looking at use.desc or using ufed to review, configuring USE flags in make.conf or package.use), I now have to find/learn a bunch of new stuff. What packages use what USE_EXPAND things (e.g. apache has two), what are valid values for all of these. Where with simple USE flags, there is a single mechanism that I have to learn and can apply across the board; with USE_EXPAND stuff, I have to learn new stuff for each new package that adopts one or more USE_EXPAND things. So if this cosmetic expansion is the only advantage, that seems like a relatively limited one (e.g. it could be improved a lot just by formatting), and the trade-off of introducing all this extra complexity doesn't make that much sense to me. Cheers, Dirkjan
