Martin Schwier wrote:
> In the libnotify
> case I would vote to make it a static dependency and not useflag
> controllable or at least set the useflag by default.
I see this so:
If upstream thinks, this is an option, the ebuild should reflect this.
If upstream thinks, this is vital, the ebuild sho
Martin Schwier wrote:
The gnome meta ebuild pulls in way too much stuff. I always have to copy
it in my local overlay and have to remove epiphany, evolution, vino,
ekiga and more. There are no use flags to control this and I expect many
gnome users to use Firefox and Thunderbird instead of epip
Rémi Cardona wrote:
> One of the core Gentoo philosophies is that it's a meta distribution. As
> such, the idea of "opt in" rather than "opt out" has been the motto for
> quite a while. It's one defining trait of Gentoo.
I second that. But gentoo isn't following this philosophies strictly.
The pro
Martin Schwier wrote:
> +bash-completion
Well I for one can't stand bash-completion, but I guess I could always
disable it if others think it useful.
> +bluetooth
> +ffmpeg(totem isn't much without it)
If it's just for a specific package, there is a default package.use iirc.
> +libnotify (giv
