On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Michael Palimaka <kensington@gentoo.org>
wrote:

> On 07/04/2014 07:26 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> > I have no strong preference for the variable's value. Is testing for
> > a non-empty value sufficient? Then we should assign something simple
> > (like "1"). If not, any string that is sufficiently random (like the
> > one used in eutils) should be good.
>
> I believe vapier introduced the original check and random value, so
> perhaps he knows.
>

I forwarded this thread to him. It was a holiday for America over the
weekend, so perhaps waiting one or two days for his reply would be
appreciated.

-A