On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 16:45 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> Ühel kenal päeval, P, 11.08.2019 kell 14:53, kirjutas Michał Górny:
> > On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 14:46 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> > > The USE flag naming feels a bit to be desired by me.
> > > That's because I don't believe in USE flags having to be named by
> > > the
> > > external dep they introduce, but by functionality. USE=magic sounds
> > > like a USE flag that adds some wizards into your application,
> > > automagic
> > > behavior or who knows (until you read the description).
> > > Not that I have a much better suggestion. USE=auto-mimetypes?
> > > 
> > 
> > The use of term 'magic' for file type recognition by magic bytes is
> > well established.
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
> > Standing on your head and trying to invent an
> > alternative
> > is not going to help anyone, and only confuse people.
> 
> Completely uncalled for unfriendly hostile additional sentence.

I didn't mean to be hostile.  I just meant to visually explain that your
suggestion is long way from the initial point (hence 'standing on your
head'), and it's going to be confusing.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny