From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B7B1381F3 for ; Thu, 2 May 2013 13:56:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8333EE0AB0; Thu, 2 May 2013 13:56:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f181.google.com (mail-wi0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 859F2E0954 for ; Thu, 2 May 2013 13:56:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id ey16so611579wid.2 for ; Thu, 02 May 2013 06:56:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; bh=Kv8LRRlBsVrKEjKObTXrr9KhcZAQmaJ6VJClon+8V38=; b=POsQBRHn0BfyqHe4SPnXomC+0kK9wfVPIWwWeRjrLhvWyK7eLY/g/+QhYfpLoEI9KZ 65pUDBao1tswIr1dpp+1KcjAeuo9LRW/B/SqWPXZBdXGSDl2Ksdt4nn+JJbTmn9Ana1r /PM2TqnsLTIHrhZfwlUgMFNZZ3vqKmJdx0Ujyu4zt6i1jdnjZugX1E8vDHSJBgzvxnQ4 ZrfWMrqKEW8xgjYa0xCFwrD7RP1BmVHSe9uJ/eX59nOiJV3LiWTKDhFvxlweS+KEx2+U DQwSlkwj0n7r6nqJtNto40NfZ4vdO0uykw4LpFg3tpxOcNyDQZbPA2qrBb5L3FWiFS6C VD9A== X-Received: by 10.194.58.78 with SMTP id o14mr8138023wjq.39.1367502961222; Thu, 02 May 2013 06:56:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id bu18sm10739378wib.1.2013.05.02.06.56.00 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 02 May 2013 06:56:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 14:55:54 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC] Shall econf append its arguments to end of ./configure invocation? Message-ID: <20130502145554.75a4b05c@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130501194006.37ae36c8@caribou.gateway.2wire.net> References: <20130429075549.06e8ad66@gentoo.org> <201304291436.42577.vapier@gentoo.org> <20130429194917.46d4985c@googlemail.com> <20862.56778.599974.921136@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130429215950.019cd23b@googlemail.com> <20862.62111.902255.208565@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130429232709.6d755604@googlemail.com> <20130430121213.330244bc@googlemail.com> <20130430195203.0af69d0e@caribou.gateway.2wire.net> <20864.48351.787701.613857@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130501194006.37ae36c8@caribou.gateway.2wire.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/he8lI7sF5D_nhTNzTi2THWA"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 8cf4b585-9809-4268-b326-9ce459b209a7 X-Archives-Hash: 3a8665e5983f650a0804803c4fe18448 --Sig_/he8lI7sF5D_nhTNzTi2THWA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 1 May 2013 19:40:06 -0600 Ryan Hill wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2013 08:57:35 +0200 > Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > >>>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Ryan Hill wrote: > > > Then the person implementing the code for Paludis is either a > > > monkey or a robot*. Anyone capable of reasoning could puzzle out > > > the implications of not allowing user-given options to override > > > the defaults. Obviously you can write code that follows a spec > > > but is still broken or useless. > >=20 > > > *or both (?!) > >=20 > > Oh please... The person simply made a mistake, which happens when > > programming, and which he fixed. No reason for calling him names. >=20 > Sorry, I was under the impression that they were refusing to > acknowledge it as a mistake on the grounds that it was allowed by the > spec, despite the consequences, and demanding ebuilds to be "fixed" > instead. I have other names for those people I could use but I doubt Er, we are. Following the spec is not a mistake. If there's a mistake, it was made by the Council when they approved the wording. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/he8lI7sF5D_nhTNzTi2THWA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlGCcG0ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhEvEgCfa6rdN4mpiAxCmMNj3plZ+9Iy rM8An1ohHsyoPIIiwA3XHNNKJ9EEeA8R =Xfc7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/he8lI7sF5D_nhTNzTi2THWA--