On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:52:42 +0200
"Paweł Hajdan, Jr." <phajdan...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> The meaning is identical in all those cases, and I think the number of
> packages may have hit the threshold for a global flag.
> 
> <...>
>
> If we'd make system-sqlite a global USE flag, I'd suggest a description
> like "Use the system-wide dev-db/sqlite instead of bundled copy of sqlite."
> 
> What do you think?

This isn't a flag that should ever be used outside of a specific use-case,
which is itself a workaround for retarded upstream policies. Making it global
has zero advantages.

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