Bug 376813 – kde-meta - is there a reason why the other meta packages arent defined as use flags?

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description slavko glamocanin 2011-07-28 20:08:15 UTC]

Seems like a great feature that instead of emerging kdebase-meta, kdesdk-meta, ... to have kde-meta useflags that optionally depend on these.

Or am i missing some other point?:)

Thanks!

[Comment 1 Theo Chatzimichos (RETIRED) 2011-07-28 22:17:00 UTC]

i don't like what you are proposing. We are doing this for the developer-specific metas, like sdk and bindings, but I really don't see a reason to do this for everything. People usually emerge either kde-meta (full KDE) or kdebase-meta (minimal KDE). If someone wants eg kdebase, kdenetwork and kdegames only, he can emerge those, I don't see how setting USE="games network base" kde-meta in package.use is easier/cleaner. I'll let the others decide, as I don't care much actually either way

[Comment 2 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) 2011-07-28 22:55:18 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> i don't like what you are proposing. We are doing this for the
> developer-specific metas, like sdk and bindings, but I really don't see a
> reason to do this for everything. People usually emerge either kde-meta (full
> KDE) or kdebase-meta (minimal KDE). If someone wants eg kdebase, kdenetwork and
> kdegames only, he can emerge those, I don't see how setting USE="games network
> base" kde-meta in package.use is easier/cleaner. I'll let the others decide, as
> I don't care much actually either way

I agree with Theo.

[Comment 3 Andreas K. Hüttel 2011-07-30 12:51:10 UTC]

I agree with Theo as well.