Jason Stubbs wrote: >On Monday 20 June 2005 01:48, Alin Nastac wrote: > > >>net-dialup/pppconfig-2.3.11-r1 depends on LINGUAS, but the list of >>supported languages is created in pkg_unpack, based on what tarball >>contains. >> >> > >What happened to determinism and predictability? From the user's standpoint, >there is no way to know what is going to be installed until it is actually >installed. > > > I don't really understand why you consider pppconfig unpredictable. the ebuild displays what languages will be installed.
>>The IUSE thing would raise 2 problems: >> - lower maintainability - not really a major problem >> - if user wants all languages, it will be forced to select them one by >>one - now if LINGUAS is empty, all available languages gets installed. >> >> > >FRITZCAPI_CARDS FCDSL_CARDS VIDEO_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES LINGUAS > >Do any of these not follow the same pattern of empty var == all installed? Any >objections to making that a requirement for adding a new USE_EXPAND variable? >If so, the emerge *display* issue would be no problem. > > This would be fine as long as LINGUAS do not appear in IUSE. When LINGUAS var is empty, the "equery uses" report would be an abomination .
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