On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:43:53AM +0000, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > > > Indeed. The general gentoo policy is that "trivial" files such as bash- > > completions, systemd unit files, etc, aren't to be install-controlled via > > USE flags > > Then why is bash-completion still a global USE-flag? > Those few cases where it has a different effect than installing > a single file can still use a local flag - are there even such > cases at all? > > How is it with USE=zsh-completion? > This is a completely analogous situation. > > Should both USE-flags be deprecated as global flags? >
Yes, except for the cases you point out, which if they exist would be covered by a local flag, with a desc explaining how it affects the package. -- #friendly-coders -- We're friendly, but we're not /that/ friendly ;-)
