2011/3/31 Tomáš Chvátal :
> Well technically yep, but for lets say the ffmpeg the mp3 useflag means
> "Enable mp3 encoding support." :)
>
> If user sets -mp3 it still can play mp3 tracks but in really worse
> quality so it is just nice convinience that ffmpeg always allows playing
> those files.
>
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Dne 31.3.2011 09:51, Fabian Groffen napsal(a):
> On 31-03-2011 09:41:10 +0200, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
>> Dne 31.3.2011 09:33, Fabian Groffen napsal(a):
>>> On 31-03-2011 09:23:16 +0200, justin wrote:
instead of the default
mp3 - Add suppor
On 31/03/11 09:57, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 31-03-2011 09:44:37 +0200, justin wrote:
>> First is a package specific, second is the default.
>>
>> And no, asuming the USE is introduced correctly here, it makes a
>> difference, whether we take the global meaning -> reading mp3 files at
>> all; or c
On 31-03-2011 09:44:37 +0200, justin wrote:
> First is a package specific, second is the default.
>
> And no, asuming the USE is introduced correctly here, it makes a
> difference, whether we take the global meaning -> reading mp3 files at
> all; or changing the way it is done for this package. Be
On 31-03-2011 09:41:10 +0200, Tomáš Chvátal wrote:
> Dne 31.3.2011 09:33, Fabian Groffen napsal(a):
> > On 31-03-2011 09:23:16 +0200, justin wrote:
> >> instead of the default
> >>
> >> mp3 - Add support for reading mp3 files
> >
> > I find the default clear enough. It seems the mp3 USE-flag is
>
On 31/03/11 09:33, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 31-03-2011 09:23:16 +0200, justin wrote:
>> This is what I mean by good description
>>
>> +Enable support for mp3 decoding over
>> media-sound/mpg123 instead of relying on ffmpeg support.
>>
>> instead of the default
>>
>> mp3 - Add support for read
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Dne 31.3.2011 09:33, Fabian Groffen napsal(a):
> On 31-03-2011 09:23:16 +0200, justin wrote:
>> This is what I mean by good description
>>
>> +Enable support for mp3 decoding over
>> media-sound/mpg123 instead of relying on ffmpeg support.
>>
>> in
On 31-03-2011 09:23:16 +0200, justin wrote:
> This is what I mean by good description
>
> + Enable support for mp3 decoding over
> media-sound/mpg123 instead of relying on ffmpeg support.
>
> instead of the default
>
> mp3 - Add support for reading mp3 files
>
> Everybody understands what m
This is what I mean by good description
+ Enable support for mp3 decoding over
media-sound/mpg123 instead of relying on ffmpeg support.
instead of the default
mp3 - Add support for reading mp3 files
Everybody understands what mp3 means, but we truely need something else
here.
justin
s
2011/3/31 Eray Aslan :
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 04:41:25PM -0500, Dale wrote:
>> +1 Some descriptions may as well not have one at all. May as well
>> Google the flag and the package and see what, if anything, it returns.
>
> I would say working as intended. If you do not know what a package
> d
Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
Excerpts from Alec Warner's message of Thu Mar 31 08:23:45 +0200 2011:
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Dale wrote:
Eray Aslan wrote:
In all seriousness, this has been discussed before and it doesn't
get any better. I'm not sure how to fix it either. The s
Excerpts from Alec Warner's message of Thu Mar 31 08:23:45 +0200 2011:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Dale wrote:
> > Eray Aslan wrote:
> > In all seriousness, this has been discussed before and it doesn't
> > get any better. I'm not sure how to fix it either. The space for
> > the descripti
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Dale wrote:
> Eray Aslan wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 04:41:25PM -0500, Dale wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> +1 Some descriptions may as well not have one at all. May as well
>>> Google the flag and the package and see what, if anything, it returns.
>>>
>>
>> I would s
Eray Aslan wrote:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 04:41:25PM -0500, Dale wrote:
+1 Some descriptions may as well not have one at all. May as well
Google the flag and the package and see what, if anything, it returns.
I would say working as intended. If you do not know what a package
does,
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 04:41:25PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> +1 Some descriptions may as well not have one at all. May as well
> Google the flag and the package and see what, if anything, it returns.
I would say working as intended. If you do not know what a package
does, chances are you don't need
Aaron W. Swenson wrote:
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On 03/30/2011 05:41 PM, Dale wrote:
Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
Justin has pointed problem which is worth our attention. It is not just
me being pissed off when reading „Enable support for foo”, there are
many user
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On 03/30/2011 05:41 PM, Dale wrote:
> Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
>> Justin has pointed problem which is worth our attention. It is not just
>> me being pissed off when reading „Enable support for foo”, there are
>> many users complaining about that.
>
Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
Justin has pointed problem which is worth our attention. It is not just
me being pissed off when reading „Enable support for foo”, there are
many users complaining about that.
+1 Some descriptions may as well not have one at all. May as well
Google the flag and
Excerpts from Olivier Crête's message of Wed Mar 30 22:14:30 +0200 2011:
> On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 21:56 +0200, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
> > The main problem is that user might not know what kind of “foo” support
> > it is. For example I have “pango” USE flag in sys-boot/plymouth. What
> > would exp
On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 21:56 +0200, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
> The main problem is that user might not know what kind of “foo” support
> it is. For example I have “pango” USE flag in sys-boot/plymouth. What
> would explain to you something like: “Enables support for
> x11-libs/pango”? And how you w
Excerpts from James Cloos's message of Wed Mar 30 18:13:21 +0200 2011:
> j> Enables foo intergration
> j> or
> j> Enables support for foo
>
> j> if it isn't totally clear what "foo" is
>
> Even preferring $C/$PN where $PN is currently used would help,
> since it makes it clear that the foo is a p
> "j" == justin writes:
j> In my opinion some thing like
j> Enables foo intergration
j> or
j> Enables support for foo
j> if it isn't totally clear what "foo" is
Even preferring $C/$PN where $PN is currently used would help,
since it makes it clear that the foo is a package.
-JimC
--
Jam
On 29/03/11 18:02, Andy Spencer wrote:
> On 2011-03-29 17:10, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
>> You could start by pointing out some good examples of bad
>> descriptions.
>
> A few regular expressions might help with that:
>
> /:(\w+) - (Enable|Add) support for \1$/
> /:(\w+) - (Enable|Add) \1( suppor
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
> One USE flag I remember in particular bothering me was
> gnome-extra/gnome-games' guile USE flag.
>
> The global description says "guile - Adds support for the guile Scheme
> interpreter" but this flag is actually determines whether a number o
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:24 PM, justin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the descriptions of USE flags should explain what the USE is good for.
> In my opinion some thing like
>
> Enables foo intergration
> or
> Enables support for foo
>
> if it isn't totally clear what "foo" is, sucks!! There are many, many
> de
Le mardi 29 mars 2011 à 16:02 +, Andy Spencer a écrit :
>
> app-office/abiword-plugins:thesaurus - Enable thesaurus support
> app-office/abiword:thesaurus - Enable thesaurus support
can't help you if you don't know what a thesaurus is, really :(
--
Gilles Dartiguelongue
Gentoo
On 2011-03-29 17:10, Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> You could start by pointing out some good examples of bad
> descriptions.
A few regular expressions might help with that:
/:(\w+) - (Enable|Add) support for \1$/
/:(\w+) - (Enable|Add) \1( support)?$/
For example:
app-admin/puppet:shadow - Enab
Excerpts from Angelo Arrifano's message of Tue Mar 29 17:14:48 +0200 2011:
> On Ter, 2011-03-29 at 17:08 +0200, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
> > I'm actually describing even global USE flags in my package's
> > metadata.xml if their purpose might not be clear and I'd like to
> > expect that from other
On Ter, 2011-03-29 at 17:08 +0200, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
> Excerpts from justin's message of Tue Mar 29 16:24:57 +0200 2011:
> > the descriptions of USE flags should explain what the USE is good for.
> > In my opinion some thing like
> >
> > Enables foo intergration
> > or
> > Enables support
On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:24:57 +0200
justin wrote:
> if it isn't totally clear what "foo" is, sucks!!
You could start by pointing out some good examples of bad descriptions.
> So please enhance you descriptions!!
And when you do, also remove all exclamation marks. Not all Gentoo
users are used t
Excerpts from justin's message of Tue Mar 29 16:24:57 +0200 2011:
> the descriptions of USE flags should explain what the USE is good for.
> In my opinion some thing like
>
> Enables foo intergration
> or
> Enables support for foo
>
> if it isn't totally clear what "foo" is, sucks!! There are man
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