21.10.2005, 13:51:17, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:37:16 -0700 Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Also consider the case of media-libs/libsdl. It uses novideo,
| noaudio, and nojoystick, for the simple reason that for the vast
| majority of folks who'd have reason to merge
Dave Nebinger posted [EMAIL PROTECTED],
excerpted below, on Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:13 -0400:
i still dont see how this addresses the nocxx / USE=-*
noFOO is used because FOO is on by default, and noFOO turns it off.
AutoUSE is the same way, package bar is included in the buildplan and to
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:37:16 -0700 Duncan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| Also consider the case of media-libs/libsdl. It uses novideo,
| noaudio, and nojoystick, for the simple reason that for the vast
| majority of folks who'd have reason to merge the package, turning OFF
| that functionality makes
Duncan wrote:
Put another way... It is said over and over again that USE flags cover
OPTIONAL functionality. Few would consider video/audio/joystick support
in a library with a primary use of supporting games as optional. Rather,
the option would be to /not/ have support compiled in, and
