On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:02:12 +0100 Alessandro DE LAURENZIS <just22....@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess this is an already debated topic, but I only found this very > old thread on the subject: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/4328 > > which contains the original communication of the ebuild split and some > discussions and observations that probably are no more applicable. > > I'm absolutely convinced that one of the gentoo strengths is the USE > variable handling compile time options, so I do not see any points to > split packages when not absolutely needed. > > In case of vim-core/vim/gvim (and vim-qt?), I cannot understand > the reason... Are still there advantages in doing so?
First, if your Vim breaks due to you upgrading insufficiently-slotted libraries (which it will), you're screwed. There's a lot of value in having a small vim that doesn't link to things, and a big gvim that does. Secondly, Vim's build system means you'd have to build the whole thing twice anyway if you wanted to do a vim that doesn't link to Gtk+ and a gVim that does in the same ebuild. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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