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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] New USE_EXPAND: CLAWS_MAIL_PLUGINS
From:       Zac Medico <zmedico () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2013-05-30 21:28:35
Message-ID: 51A7C483.3060908 () gentoo ! org
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On 04/24/2013 12:48 PM, René Neumann wrote:
> Am 24.04.2013 19:15, schrieb Zac Medico:
>> On 04/24/2013 02:51 AM, René Neumann wrote:
>>> As more and more packages seem to (mis)use USE_EXPAND: Can we get the
>>> possibility to set this directly in package.use? Having to write
>>> 'claws_mail_plugins_foo' does not help readability, and setting it in
>>> make.conf is also not the right way (as is package.env).
>>
>> How about if we use a share a single PLUGINS USE_EXPAND among multiple
>> unrelated packages? That way, you're package.use settings will be less
>> verbose (plugins_foo versus claws_mail_plugins_foo).
>>
>>> And could anyone explain to me, why having 21 additional use-flags is
>>> bad? I mean, you have them now too, the only 'advantage' being a nicer
>>> display on 'emerge -v'.
>>
>> Using a generic PLUGINS USE_EXPAND will also have the advantage of
>> making the emerge -v display less verbose.
>>
>
> Yes, this sounds like a good compromise. I'd still go with Michał if I
> had to choose ... but I'm not the maintainer :).

We've got a feature request bug here for a package.use USE_EXPAND syntax 
extension:

  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471776
-- 
Thanks,
Zac

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