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Bug 600712 - [TRACKER] Useless USE=tools descriptions
Summary: [TRACKER] Useless USE=tools descriptions
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Quality Assurance
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Trackers (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Quality Assurance Team
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Keywords: Tracker
Depends on: 600720 600738 600714 600716 600718 600722 600724 600726 600728 600730 600732 600734 600736 600740 600742 600744 600746 600748 600750 600752 600754 600756 600758 600760 600762 600764 600766
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Reported: 2016-11-25 08:09 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified: 2021-07-21 00:50 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2016-11-25 08:09:29 UTC 
The idea is that descriptions like:

 local:tools:app-crypt/gnupg: Install extra tools.

tell us nothing and we have to either install to see if that's something useful, or look through websites, etc. Really no point in describing the flag then.