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Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 18:35:22 +0100
From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] tests
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On Tue, 1 May 2007 19:18:28 +0200
Maurice van der Pot <griffon26@gentoo.org> wrote:
> I'd say, let the user decide based on the properties

Too complicated. Bombarding the user with pointless alternatives is not
the same as giving the user choice.

I'm also highly sceptical that the properties you listed are boolean.
Resource hungry on an IP22 could be a walk in the park for an X16...

> fex:

Please don't abuse the English language in that manner.

> I'm sorry if this counts as a solution, but I wasn't sure the list you
> gave was the kind of list we need and I didn't know another way of
> explaining the use of the properties I listed.

Well, every solution offered so far is at least moderately icky... I
believe the idea is to look at the problem in more detail before going
off in what's probably the wrong direction again.

--=20
Ciaran McCreesh


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