Randy McMurchy wrote: > Ag. D. Hatzimanikas wrote these words on 03/02/08 01:57 CST: > >> And just another thing and since we enable Imap, maybe the "--with-ssl" >> option needs to be enabled by default. > > Does the --with-ssl option require any additional packages to be > installed? If so, then we can't make it a default option.
I have already expressed my disagreement with this policy. Reason: default ./configure lines too easily become useless, and readers will learn to ignore them and read only the package description and the list of dependencies. So here are two alternative proposals, pick any: 1) Drop the default configure line as "a line in dark-grey box" completely. The reader should construct it himself from the "mandatory arguments" and "optional arguments" that don't form one dark-grey box and don't form an impression that the mandatory arguments are the only thing to copy and paste. 2) Put arguments that the editor who has last updated the page uses with a package, even they imply optional dependencies. List dependencies installed by this editor, so that readers can produce the identical binary. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
