AM> "USE=perl" tells you squat, you don't even know what effect it will AM> have. You'd have to read the ebuild and the source to figure that out.
AM> A MUCH better name is "USE=tabs" with a description like this "Provide AM> multiple tabs, requires perl." No, that is not a better name for the USE flag. Anyone who has read the docs for rxvt-unicode knows that the perl extension is just that, an *extension*. It is perfectly valid to configure rxvt-unicode with --disable-perl. And on some smaller boxen it may even be necessary. (Sometimes conserving ram is more important than extra functionality.) perl is the right USE flag for rxvt-unciode, and should remain a USE flag. It enables much more functionality than just the tabbed extension, but does so at an expense. An expense which is easily noticed on smaller boxen. -JimC -- James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6
