282919 – net-im/pidgin USE descriptions should be more informative

Bug 282919 - net-im/pidgin USE descriptions should be more informative

Summary: net-im/pidgin USE descriptions should be more informative

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Net-im project

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Depends on:	235708
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Reported:	2009-08-27 15:35 UTC by Mr. B
Modified:	2010-06-09 16:11 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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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

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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.