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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] KDE live ebuilds and the kdeprefix USE flag
From:       "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" <jmbsvicetto () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2009-01-04 22:16:08
Message-ID: 49613528.9070303 () gentoo ! org
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Hi.

Marcus D. Hanwell wrote:
> Alexey Shvetsov wrote:
>> On Воскресенье 04 января 2009 20:14:57 Marcus D. Hanwell wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I wanted to raise this, and it should possibly be an issue we discuss at
>>> the next meeting. Should all live ebuilds default to +kdeprefix?
>>>
>>> Personally I think they should. Anyone wanting an all -kdeprefix system
>>> can set -kdeprefix in their make.conf, and those of us keeping a stable
>>> in -kdeprefix, and a live in +kdeprefix can continue to do this.
>>>
>>> When I originally committed the eclass changes to the default for live
>>> ebuilds this was the case. It was since changed without any discussion.
>>> I think the previous behaviour represents the most flexible approach for
>>> our user and development community.
>>>
>>> Is there a flaw in this logic? As far as I can see anyone wanting the
>>> current behaviour can add a line to their make.conf, the old behaviour
>>> is impossible to reproduce now without maintaining a patched
>>> kde4-base.eclass.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Marcus
>>>     
>> Personaly I think that all kde-base live ebuilds should be in +kdeprefix while 
>> misc packages susch as amarok and so on could be both +kdeprefix and - kdeprefix
>> Also I think that misc packages could be installed with snapshots or even 
>> stable kde
>>   
> You didn't address the main question I was posing - should live ebuilds
> of misc packages default to +kdeprefix? I think they should and see no
> reason for not doing this. It allows people to maintain a live/stable
> system using -/+kdeprefix respectively if they want to. If they want
> everything installed in /usr they can explicitly set -kdeprefix.

I agree with cryos that all live ebuilds should be +kdeprefix. For all
those that think otherwise, I would like to hear how you plan to handle
the collisions with non-live ebuilds.

> You bring up several other points but I am not sure they all need
> considering at the same time...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marcus
> 

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Regards,

Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / SPARC / KDE
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