On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:33:38 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 February 2005 11:44, Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:30:20 +0100 > > > > Paul de Vrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - Have a variable per useflag. Not easy > > > > Yep, it needs to be a single variable to fit in the cache and be > > accessible by simple aux_get calls. > > > > > - Have different markers. Something like marking the useflag > > > with colons > > > e.g.: ":debug: Enable debugging support :X: Make the client > > > aware of the X mouse" > > > > I would add parenthesis, something like that: > > I think square or angle brackets might be better. We must use markers > that are not normally used in description texts. While supporting > nesting is possible it makes things harder than they need to be. > > > > USE_DESC=" \ > > foo:(Add foolib support. Warning: that replaces libbar.) \ > > X:(Add an experimental X client, still a bit instable.)" So now you see why I don't want it in the ebuilds. Also it has the potential to add a lot of redundancy, especially if you keep in mind that the original idea was to give more detailed explanation of USE flags. IMO it should be handled the same way as the long package descriptions. Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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