Bug 287985

Summary:	dev-libs/liboil: examples use flag should not be enabled by default
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Allen Brooker (AllenJB) <gentoo-bugs>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Freedesktop bugs <freedesktop-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2009-10-07 00:34:01 UTC

Most users aren't library developers and therefore aren't interested in examples, so why does this package insist on them being installed by default?

In my opinion the examples use flag should not be enabled by default for libraries. If the content is required for the library, or software that uses the library to work properly, then it's not really examples, and the use flag name should be changed.

Comment 1 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-11-01 21:17:50 UTC

examples USE enables code that might be needed for upstream bug reports so it's better as a default.