Introduce more USE flags in the meta package to allow users to micro manage MATE a bit more; as a result, a minimal MATE desktop with a ~10 packages total could be installed up to a full MATE desktop with over 50 packages.

(Portage version: HEAD/cvs/Linux x86_64, signed Manifest commit with key 6D34E57D)

3 files changed, 33 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/mate-base/mate/ChangeLog b/mate-base/mate/ChangeLog
index e9eced0520e8..e1811e67ace1 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate/ChangeLog
+++ b/mate-base/mate/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # ChangeLog for mate-base/mate
 # Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/mate-base/mate/ChangeLog,v 1.4 2014/05/04 23:02:06 tomwij Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/mate-base/mate/ChangeLog,v 1.5 2014/05/06 16:22:47 tomwij Exp $
+
+  06 May 2014; Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org> mate-1.8.0.ebuild, metadata.xml:
+  Introduce more USE flags in the meta package to allow users to micro manage
+  MATE a bit more; as a result, a minimal MATE desktop with a ~10 packages total
+  could be installed up to a full MATE desktop with over 50 packages.
 
 *mate-1.8.0 (04 May 2014)
 
diff --git a/mate-base/mate/mate-1.8.0.ebuild b/mate-base/mate/mate-1.8.0.ebuild
index c8791ab51ad6..0cad1670f5ff 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate/mate-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/mate-base/mate/mate-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/mate-base/mate/mate-1.8.0.ebuild,v 1.1 2014/05/04 23:02:06 tomwij Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/mate-base/mate/mate-1.8.0.ebuild,v 1.2 2014/05/06 16:22:47 tomwij Exp $
 
 EAPI="5"
 
@@ -14,28 +14,31 @@ LICENSE="metapackage"
 
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="-bluetooth +extras"
+IUSE="+base -bluetooth +themes +extras"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	gnome-extra/yelp:0
-	>=mate-base/caja-1.8:0
-	>=mate-base/mate-applets-1.8:0
-	>=mate-base/mate-control-center-1.8:0
 	>=mate-base/mate-desktop-1.8:0
 	>=mate-base/mate-menus-1.8:0
 	>=mate-base/mate-panel-1.8:0
 	>=mate-base/mate-session-manager-1.8:0
 	>=mate-base/mate-settings-daemon-1.8:0
-	>=mate-extra/mate-media-1.8:0
-	>=x11-misc/mozo-1.8:0
-	>=x11-terms/mate-terminal-1.8:0
-	>=x11-themes/mate-backgrounds-1.8:0
-	>=x11-themes/mate-icon-theme-1.8:0
-	>=x11-themes/mate-themes-1.8:0
 	>=x11-wm/marco-1.8:0
+	base? (
+		>=mate-base/caja-1.8:0
+		>=mate-base/mate-applets-1.8:0
+		>=mate-base/mate-control-center-1.8:0
+		>=mate-extra/mate-media-1.8:0
+		>=x11-misc/mozo-1.8:0
+		>=x11-terms/mate-terminal-1.8:0
+	)
 	bluetooth? ( net-wireless/blueman:0 )
+	themes? (
+		>=x11-themes/mate-backgrounds-1.8:0
+		>=x11-themes/mate-icon-theme-1.8:0
+		>=x11-themes/mate-themes-1.8:0
+	)
 	extras? (
 		>=app-arch/engrampa-1.8:0
 		>=app-editors/pluma-1.8:0
diff --git a/mate-base/mate/metadata.xml b/mate-base/mate/metadata.xml
index ec20f654159a..d94cb7feb5f5 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate/metadata.xml
+++ b/mate-base/mate/metadata.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@
 		<name>Tom Wijsman</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="extras">Install additional MATE applications</flag>
+		<flag name="base">Install base MATE Desktop applications that are
+			recommended for the most common usage; for example, this installs
+			the file manager. Disable this and other USE flags if you want a
+			more minimal MATE Desktop.</flag>
+		<flag name="themes">Install MATE Desktop's themes; if you use other
+			themes, you can disable this to spare some space and time.</flag>
+		<flag name="extras">Install additional MATE Desktop applications that
+			are recommended for extended usage of the MATE Desktop as upstream
+			sees it; for example, this installs MATE Desktop's office related
+			applications. Disable this if you plan to use your own non-MATE
+			Desktop alternatives or a custom mixture of MATE and non-MATE
+			packages.</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>