-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 have > "gtk", "qt" and the like. This should be declared absolutely wrong, > IMHO. When a program provides a command-line tool and a GUI tool, and > the GUI tool uses only one toolkit, then the USE flag should be "X". > "gtk" vs "qt" vs "fltk" etc should be used only in cases where a program > can be built with either of those toolkits. When there's only one > choice, then this doesn't make sense. Isn't this what the "X" USE flag > is there for in the first place? Having a package where, say, Gtk is > *not* optional having a "gtk" USE flag doesn't make sense. The X tool > of that package is optional, but Gtk is not optional for the X tool. > > 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 of those toolkits, people > who have it disabled in make.conf will get no GUI tool at all even > though they have "X" in their USE flags. > > I hope I was able to explain the problem (as I see it) correctly :P If > people agree with me, it might be a good idea for maintainers of > packages that behave like that to start using "X" as the USE flag that > controls building of the packages GUI tools. > > Sounds sane. For correct usage lately the mplayer ebuild was rewritten this way.
Might be good idea to open tracker for these and all bugs cced to it. So interested persons can fix it. Note for maintainers: qa bugs are considered as issue when adding new packages. In longer perspective it is good to have them fixed, but you don't have to proactively fix old packages. Writing this before people starts complaining we are again filling lots of bugs. @qa: any objections against me opening the tracker? To sum up the issue: use X wrap all other widget useflags if there is CLI interface available, so if user don't want X usage for package he just set -X and rest widget flags don't matter at all. Tomas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktv9fAACgkQHB6c3gNBRYdbfQCdEXeFhVbCJ/ci0yl3Z9aT/sLU d8MAn3Y0RjOioEHxNEPEGgjKO42KtoQ3 =57xz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
