On Sun, Mar 02, at 06:40 Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > 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. >
3) The default configure switches should implies by itself, what an editor thinks that is best to be used. No reason to make it more complicated than already it is. Of course this is also implies by itself pre-conversation and an agreement in Track/lists. -- http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Hacking -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
