Dnia 2015-01-20, o godz. 08:36:56
Rémi Cardona <r...@gentoo.org> napisał(a):

> Le 19/01/2015 23:40, Michał Górny a écrit :
> > 1. Compatibility. USE=ffmpeg is already used for || ( libav ffmpeg ) in
> > a lot of packages. If we changed the meaning, libav users will end up
> > switching '-ffmpeg libav' per-package. Ugly.
> > 
> > 2. Feature-oriented flags. USE=ffmpeg represents the generic feature,
> > USE=libav is auxiliary implementation-switch flag. Well, maybe we could
> > use, say, USE=avcodec to avoid ambiguity but that's a larger change.
> 
> I think our users are clever enough to update their USE flags as they wish.
> 
> USE=ffmpeg for FFmpeg support + USE=libav for libav support is simple
> and easily understood. I'd much rather we went with that.

It's not about cleverness. It's about Gentoo developers being clever
enough not to require users constantly going forth and back with
the USE flags.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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