From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KcNn9-0008CT-SM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:11:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24DB6E041A; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:11:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.238]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F034BE041A for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:11:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id c37so1207270wra.26 for ; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:11:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=tzEgCx8E5zrkY8/fuozWcoEuvtJyl3iUozHCmnia4Ls=; b=IzdM6H1WtXiUrr8PQiKFuaUCzuJWLlczvFm4fB71H4vD0561UmoMvtIs5gBSgd4Jtv 97UndwvxHrNYcoF4Lg0bmxraoa9XOF8PLs8j1/kk5/JkDnXDpdz0NpzFXABuwiUzDM5p eRPEdI9jKXPP6N++1MHOS4D1whcEdbHEwOitw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=FMkqEpf64tWbmJitfjj5CnrlKmq6m1CEwH92mhF7BmqAdya+9kVhWTxt34KoFHvi0R Zh3c1co5Ch+KH4H4ILYpS57ANKNO/b9XXpgkgNWDz+58pxYVrzXcPf1fQjOi+kMsXLkc qg0w/i5QDL5parbujmSbKrOaer3ZtoqB/7z2g= Received: by 10.90.71.15 with SMTP id t15mr8471784aga.108.1220807474024; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:11:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.49.6 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:11:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c32af40809071011m6d9557abl42f60a742a7e8686@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:11:13 +0200 From: "Santiago M. Mola" Sender: cooldwind@gmail.com To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Ability to pass arguments to src_configure/src_compile In-Reply-To: <20080907175056.5d466217@googlemail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080907164015.1a7b4f8e@googlemail.com> <48C40575.6030202@gentoo.org> <20080907175056.5d466217@googlemail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4a1ff82b1b41e653 X-Archives-Salt: 5f33eb05-7ae5-4e64-ab0a-49b12dbfef0f X-Archives-Hash: f83803c4fae06f0c7ef5e078712c4385 On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:46:45 -0400 > "Marcus D. Hanwell" wrote: >> > The proposal is not designed to replace all cases. It's designed to >> > replace the common 50%. >> > >> I personally agree with several others who have replied to this >> thread. The reduction in lines of code/characters seems to introduce >> an uglier syntax which is harder to read with questionable benefits. > > Try using it for a few weeks. Once you're used to it it's considerably > nicer than going through and implementing pointless src_configures all > over the place... > Yes. And here another point should be brought up. This proposal should be wider and consider similar changes for the most common used operations on all phases. Implementing it only for src_{configure,compile} won't feel so useful as implementing similar variables for most phases. Regards, -- Santiago M. Mola Jabber ID: cooldwind@gmail.com