On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 04:25:07PM -0400, Ian Stakenvicius wrote > On 02/06/16 03:42 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 09:31:11AM -0400, Damien Levac wrote > >> > >> IMHO, you see this in reverse. the 'gui' useflag would be useful for > >> users who don't want to care about X/wayland/mir and do not want to care > >> about gtk/qt, they just want windows to be drawn for the applications > >> they install -- without, if possible, pulling useless dependencies. > > > > How, exactly, will the app draw windows without linking against one of > > X/wayland/mir/qt4/qt5/gtk2/gtk3/fltk or whatever else comes down the > > pike? > > > > The "useless dependencies" is the result of one or more of these > random flags being enabled globally when an end-user just wants to > make sure they get the GUI built for their apps.
The original discussion was about global defaults. If you want per-app settings, package.use is your friend. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
