On June 16, 2003 10:53 am, Larry Meadors wrote:
> What would be really great would be to bea able to do this...
>
> emerge mozilla-complete
>
> ...and have it do all this stuff for you.
maybe this is a bit overdoing it, or maybe just wishful thinking, but it seems
that the USE flags are getting a bit crazy in an attempt to solve this sort
of thing. want flash in konqueror USE="motif" etc. etc.
why not something like this? have the USE flags for standard things, like X
support. you don't want a bunch of gtk or qt stuff on your sever just 'cause
you like nmap right?
but for more detailed things, like flash in konqueror or realplayer plugins in
mozilla, why not a basic yes/no question period?:
# emerge -p mozilla
Do you want flash? y
Do you want real player? y
Do you want <some sucky plugin>? n
...compiling list
[ebuild N ] net-www/mozilla-1.3-r2
[ebuild N ] net-www/netscape-flash-6.0.79
[ebuild N ] media-video/realplayer-8-r5
the personalised settings can be stored somewhere locally that isn't affected
by "emerge sync" and a single "use previous settings" question can be asked
at upgrade time or even assumed with a switch. granted, you can't get too
detailed with a setup like this, or people will be answering questions for
hours, but for something as intimate (wrong word?) as web browsing, i would
think that this sort of functionality would be very useful.
any thoughts?
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