On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:25:59 -0500, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > After some resent discussion here of USE in thread: > Subject: How to play quicktime (*.mov) videos with firefox > > I'm a little confused by what I see when investigating the emerge of > gimp (wrapped for mail). > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N ] media-libs/babl-0.0.22 USE="-mmx -sse" 388 kB > > [ebuild N ] media-libs/gegl-0.0.22 USE="svg -cairo -debug -doc > -ffmpeg -jpeg -mmx -openexr -png > -raw -sdl -sse -v4l" 1,226 kB > > [ebuild N ] media-gfx/gimp-2.6.6 USE="alsa python svg -aalib > (-altivec) -curl -dbus -debug -doc -exif -gnome -hal -jpeg -lcms -mmx > -mng -pdf -png -smp -sse -tiff -webkit -wmf" 15,700 kB > > Would anyone want things like -jpeg, -pdf, -png, -tiff, -exif - turned > off in an image (or photo) processing program?
Yes, definitely. If you only want gimp to process the photos from your digital camera you only need support for one format. > What does it mean that those flags are turned off? That you are using a minimal profile when you really want to use a more generic one, like desktop, as others pointed out. > Should I turn them on before emerging? If you want support for those formats: yes. -- Jesús Guerrero
