Am Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:25:02 +0000 schrieb Jorge Almeida <jjalme...@gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> > wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 07:23:02 +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > > >> > > What you're asking is a bit like asking for a complete list of the > > abilities the python USE flag adds, when all you can really say is > > it allows the software to run Python scripts, not what those > > scripts may do. > > > > > I'm not really asking for exhaustive documentation about USE flags, > just saying that even some fragmented documentation would be useful. I > don't expect a particular contributor to know everything about a > particular USE flag. (And, of course, no one is under any obligation > to do it.) > > All this would be easier if upstream package developers would explain > what the different config options really entail. Most of the times, > "./configure --help" is not that helpful. One could start a wiki entry for each use flag on the Gentoo wiki. Also, you can use "euse -i USEFLAGNAME" which is sometimes helpful, sometimes not - depending on how generic the description is. -- Regards, Kai Replies to list-only preferred.
