[gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Christian Faulhammer
Hi, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de: A Gnome user probably has X gtk -qt in make.conf, while a KDE user has X qt -gtk in hope to have programs that support both Gtk and Qt being built with the toolkit that is more native to his DE. When a package has a GUI tool that is able to only use one

[gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/08/2010 01:36 PM, AllenJB wrote: On 08/02/10 11:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Hello. Please don't be too harsh if I got this wrong or if this looks like whining :P A lot of ebuilds seem to ignore the X USE flag and instead only have gtk, qt and the like. This should be declared

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 02/08/2010 02:12 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 01:36 PM, AllenJB wrote: On 08/02/10 11:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Hello. Please don't be too harsh if I got this wrong or if this looks like whining :P A lot of ebuilds seem to ignore the X USE flag and instead only have

[gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/08/2010 01:39 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: On 02/08/2010 01:30 PM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote: Dne 8.2.2010 12:15, Nikos Chantziaras napsal(a): Hello. Please don't be too harsh if I got this wrong or if this looks like whining :P A lot of ebuilds seem to ignore the X USE flag and instead only

[gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/08/2010 02:11 PM, Christian Faulhammer wrote: Hi, Nikos Chantziarasrea...@arcor.de: A Gnome user probably has X gtk -qt in make.conf, while a KDE user has X qt -gtk in hope to have programs that support both Gtk and Qt being built with the toolkit that is more native to his DE. When a

[gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/08/2010 02:16 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: On 02/08/2010 02:12 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 01:36 PM, AllenJB wrote: On 08/02/10 11:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Hello. Please don't be too harsh if I got this wrong or if this looks like whining :P A lot of ebuilds seem to

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread AllenJB
On 08/02/10 12:32, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 01:39 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: IMHO. USE=X is for controlling X.org dependencies, not for avoiding everything that deps on them, so I disagree. I was under the impression that USE flags are for enabling/disabling features, not for

[gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/08/2010 03:41 PM, AllenJB wrote: On 08/02/10 12:32, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 01:39 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: IMHO. USE=X is for controlling X.org dependencies, not for avoiding everything that deps on them, so I disagree. I was under the impression that USE flags are for

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread AllenJB
On 08/02/10 14:02, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 03:41 PM, AllenJB wrote: On 08/02/10 12:32, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 01:39 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: IMHO. USE=X is for controlling X.org dependencies, not for avoiding everything that deps on them, so I disagree. I

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread William Hubbs
Hi all, On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 02:34:08PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 02:11 PM, Christian Faulhammer wrote: Hi, Nikos Chantziarasrea...@arcor.de: A Gnome user probably has X gtk -qt in make.conf, while a KDE user has X qt -gtk in hope to have programs that support

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Ben de Groot

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Ben de Groot
On 8 February 2010 16:22, AllenJB gentoo-li...@allenjb.me.uk wrote: The current system caters perfectly for both people who want to avoid specific toolkits and those who don't care what toolkits they use. I agree. The current system is best, in my opinion. Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux

[gentoo-dev] Re: X vs gtk USE flags

2010-02-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 02/08/2010 05:22 PM, AllenJB wrote: On 08/02/10 14:02, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 03:41 PM, AllenJB wrote: On 08/02/10 12:32, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 02/08/2010 01:39 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: IMHO. USE=X is for controlling X.org dependencies, not for avoiding everything