On 6/24/2011 8:03 AM, Todd Goodman wrote:
* Mike Edenfield<kut...@kutulu.org> [110623 18:34]:
It's one package (cantor) that has one dependency (R) that is optional
(USE=-R) that falls squarely into the "if you aren't sure if you need it
then you probably don't" category. So for most users, no, you don't need
What seems strange then is that if everyone keeps telling Dale that he
most likely doesn't need cantor and R then why is R enabled in the
profile by default?
It's not enabled in the profile, it's enabled in the ebuild:
IUSE="debug ps +R"
and likely for the same reason there's a scary warning. If
you're installing cantor, because you plan to use it (and
not because kde-meta is a bloat monster), you need one of
the two backends to make it work. R is the preferred option
there, so the cantor maintainers assume "if you want cantor,
you probably want R", and the cascade begins.
--Mike
