On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 20:03:26 +0200 hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > As an alternative, we would use USE=client and USE=server along with > > proper IUSE defaults to control client & server builds > > appropriately. Both flags use positive logic, and REQUIRED_USE='|| > > ( client server )' is rather clear. > > That increases the burden of managing configuration and further abuses > REQUIRED_USE where it wasn't meant to be used in the first place. > > USE="dedicated" has worked fine for games users and no one has ever > complained. In fact, it is a _very_ convenient USE flag, which means > "no manual fiddling, this will be dedicated for sure". I'm don't feel very strongly about it but as someone who is considering working on more games in the future, I like what mgorny has suggested. I don't think the micro-managing argument flies so well here because these flags are much less common than flags like qt. client and server would probably be enabled by default in most cases and I doubt there are any games where you can't have both. If there were a conflict then you would want to make a concious decision as it's more significant than choosing a GUI toolkit. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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