On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 15:04:37 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 16:51:41 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > > Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > hrm, after running this through our test bench, it seems the old code
> > > > and new code are not functionality equivalent.  it boils down to
> > > > default values when the env var is not set.  some places interpret
> > > > this to mean "yes" while others expect "no".  getenv_yesno() takes
> > > > the "no" default which doesnt always work.
> > > 
> > > In addition to the default values, there is the difference that the
> > > documentation states that "autostart" has to be set to "yes", i. e. a
> > > plain "y" is not supposed to mean 'yes'.
> > 
> > consider it an enhancement then ?  i dont see a problem with making the
> > values fuzzier.  personally, i make funcs like this accept any of the
> > common strings such as true/false/0/1/y/n/yes/no.
> > 
> > > > i can update the API to take a 2nd arg (the default value), or we can
> > > > punt this patch.  it's in "next", so there's less pressure to get it
> > > > fixed immediately ...
> > > 
> > > I think the easiest way to fix this is to revert the commit.
> > 
> > it's in "next", so it could even just be dropped
> 
> As it was left unfixed until now I had no other choice but to revert
> this commit.

i explicitly asked about fixing it and you explicitly said you just wanted to 
revert.  so i obviously didnt work on it.
-mike

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