From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HiwLT-0003rk-9E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 May 2007 17:40:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l41HdBa1019730; Tue, 1 May 2007 17:39:11 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l41HZfmi014102 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 17:35:41 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14AC8D30C for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 19:06:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06394-10 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 19:06:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from snowflake (unknown [62.6.163.66]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A0C8D305 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 19:06:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 18:35:22 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] tests Message-ID: <20070501183522.7531c0c9@snowflake> In-Reply-To: <20070501171828.GL10636@kfk4ever.com> References: <200705011508.57220.peper@gentoo.org> <20070501171828.GL10636@kfk4ever.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_bgW4EPkGuU3KiIwUcI6oOGj; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ferdyx.org X-Archives-Salt: 6e7c9379-39be-4cc2-92fc-d3a14c63dbcf X-Archives-Hash: 347a0f1fefd36f9e3c444ddcbd2e90e4 --Sig_bgW4EPkGuU3KiIwUcI6oOGj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 1 May 2007 19:18:28 +0200 Maurice van der Pot 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 --Sig_bgW4EPkGuU3KiIwUcI6oOGj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGN3pc96zL6DUtXhERArl3AKC22/Fo1SoSLhs+f02iSiDABRjkVgCcCoVa oyAH3yFEvptjuMDv7Pofxl4= =RpQb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_bgW4EPkGuU3KiIwUcI6oOGj-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list