Andrew Benton wrote these words on 07/02/06 11:47 CST: > And is AAlib really such a usefull addition to SDL's capabilities? If it > was, wouldn't the SDL developers have enabled it by default?
It is not our job, nor responsibility to determine what the builder may want/need or what the developers are thinking. We just provide instructions. That said there is *plenty* of precedent (in fact David Jensen just mailed in today to ask why the FLAC instructions don't explain the --enable-sse switch, which is not on by default) to explain what an Editor feels is an important switch. Now, that said, I don't feel that AAlib is that important, however, it is the only package that is not on by default (of packages that are in the BLFS book), so I added it a long time ago. So, what we have here is a difference of opinion by two Editors. Sort of a dilemma, wouldn't you say? So, since you feel you have authority to change what another Editor feels should be there, I suppose I'll do likewise. Hopefully, it won't turn into a pissing contest, and you'll just drop it. Of course, if a discussion were to ensue (on -dev only) about should the switch be there, then the result of that discussion would be what we do. Of course, trying to get opinions on such a trivial matter is likely to result in not many responses. I guess Andy, it comes down to respect for what another Editor does. I've corrected others' work, but only for grammar/spelling errors. Anything else will provoke a question from me before just changing things. You don't show this expected respect. There's been many items you tried to pull out and I put back in. You really should consider others' thoughts before you go soloing everything. :-( -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.27] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 11:52:00 up 51 days, 3:52, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.03, 0.08 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
