On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:41:33 -0700
Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 05/07/2012 01:43 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> > On Mon, 07 May 2012 13:24:31 -0700
> > Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 05/07/2012 12:18 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Mon, 7 May 2012, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I propose:
> >>>
> >>>>     REQUIRED_USE="== ( qt webkit )"
> >>>
> >>> But this just means that the ebuild has redundant USE flags, so
> >>> one of them shouldn't be in IUSE, in the first place.
> >>
> >> It serves to convey meaning, such that a user who has disabled the
> >> qt USE flag will get a meaningful prompt if that flag is required
> >> for webkit support. This kind of information could be useful to
> >> some people, and it may be preferable to having a separate
> >> webkit-qt flag.
> > 
> > If 'qt' flag is required for webkit support, it's 'webkit? ( qt )'.
> 
> What if '!webkit? ( !qt )' also applies though? As an alternative to
> listing both constraints separately, you could combine them as '^^ (
> webkit !qt )', or add support for '== ( qt webkit )' to make the
> expression easier to read.

Then it's pointless to have the 'webkit' flag which doesn't control
anything.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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