Bug 282919

Summary:	net-im/pidgin USE descriptions should be more informative
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mr. B <tenebrarum>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Net-im project <net-im>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	235708
Bug Blocks:

Description Mr. B 2009-08-27 15:35:55 UTC

The descriptions for some Pidgin USE flags could and should be more descriptive.

Currently:
gstreamer      : Adds support for media-libs/gstreamer (Streaming media)
gtk            : Adds support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
ncurses        : Adds ncurses support (console display library)
spell          : Adds dictionary support

More ideally:
gstreamer      : Enables voice and video sessions
gtk            : Builds Pidgin, the GTK+ interface
ncurses        : Builds Finch, a console interface
spell          : Adds dictionary support via gtkspell

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-20 20:21:20 UTC

Guys, should we close this bug as INVALID? It requests to override global USE flag definitions with local. Personally I think that in case they do not collide there are cases (like here, ncurses - enable finch curses client) where this is good idea.

Comment 2 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-06-09 16:11:38 UTC

Thank you for report. I've added some USE flags to metadata.xml.