On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 07:56:41PM +0200, Micha?? Górny wrote > waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > > > I see this as at least a redundancy, if not a problem. First, let's > > look at the general case. An optional "UI" (User Interface) is also > > selected... > > * via the "tools" useflag 78 times in use.local.desc > > * via the "ncurses" useflag 10 times in use.local.desc. > > * for a lot of ebuilds via the "ncurses" useflag in use.desc (So why > > does "ncurses" show up in use.local.desc ???) > > > > There is no need for an additional "TUI" (Text User Interface) use flag > > for these cases. "tools" and/or "ncurses" tells you enough. Similarly, > > "GUI" is grab-bag of gtk2/gtk3/qt4/qt5/X/Wayland/whatever. The only > > thing they have in common is a hard-coded dependancy on graphics libs. > > "GUI" is an implicit dependancy of gtk2/gtk3/qt4/qt5/X/Wayland/whatever. > > Using any of them tells you enough. What do we accomplish by requiring > > one more USE flag? This will also make dependancy resolution of ebuilds > > more complex, i.e. slower. Why? > > Simple regular users don't want to be concerned with choice of toolkit > for every single package, as long as a GUI is provided.
Then put one of X/xorg/wayland/mir/qt4/qt5/gtk2/gtk3/fltk into USE in make.conf. This will *FORCE* a gui where applicable. > Furthermore, this matches the recommended USE flag design where the > more important flags are provided as feature flags, while specific > dependency choice flags are minor. This is going to require *THREE* levels of flags, with the first one being totally unnecessary... Level 1) GUI Level 2) X or xorg or Wayland or Mir Level 3) qt4 or qt5 or gtk2 or gtk3 or fltk Let me re-phrase my question... is there *ANY* set of circumstances under which any of X/xorg/wayland/mir/qt4/qt5/gtk2/gtk3/fltk USE flag can be set for a package *WITHOUT* requiring a gui? I can see any of X or xorg or Wayland or Mir being a requirement for any of qt4/qt5/gtk2/gtk3/fltk. But any of the Level 2 or Level 3 flags *FORCES* a GUI of one sort or another. I repeat, requiring a "GUI" use flag for GUI apps makes as much sense as requiring a "TUI" flag for commandline apps. I hope I'm not giving people ideas the wrong way. No I don't want a "TUI" flag either. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
