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Bug 951211 - sys-apps/hw-probe Use USEs instead of package message for optional features
Summary: sys-apps/hw-probe Use USEs instead of package message for optional features
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Conrad Kostecki
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Reported: 2025-03-12 19:54 UTC by Lagu
Modified: 2025-03-13 19:40 UTC (History)
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Description Lagu 2025-03-12 19:54:15 UTC 
Hi, actually when we install hw-probe we get this type of messages:

....
 * Install additional packages for optional runtime features:
 *   app-admin/mcelog for showing Machine Check Exceptions.
 *   app-admin/sysstat for showing additional I/O statistics.
 *   app-misc/ddcutil for showing display data channel (ddc) information.
 *   dev-libs/opensc for showing smart card (reader) information.
...

I think, would be a lot easier and intuitive instead print that messages, uses USEs for each one.

One reason is when we install deps, is almost impossible to get this, if any dep trigger this type of info there, USEs would help a lot to avoid missing this messages.

Thx!

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev 2025-03-13 17:41:12 UTC 
That would violate Gentoo's policy on optional runtime dependencies.

https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/dependencies.html#pg0001
Comment 2 Lagu 2025-03-13 18:22:37 UTC 
And https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0062.html?
Comment 3 Conrad Kostecki gentoo-dev 2025-03-13 19:40:28 UTC 
(In reply to Lagu from comment #2)
> And https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0062.html?

"Marked as deferred"