On 4 Feb 2010, at 20:23, till wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Nope, I understand what you want, I just don't know if it's a good idea.
>>
>> So my thought experiment was to wonder if we'd do the same for the other
>> configuration files.
>>
>> As in, where is the line drawn?
>
> IMHO, there doesn't have to be a line drawn anywhere. If people
> request more options, why not provide them? Unless there's a good
> reason not to.
Every additional option adds cognitive burden to:
* Maintaining the configure.ac script
* Understanding the output from ./configure --help
So I would argue that we need to think about where to draw the line here.
Note, I've not expressed an opinion either way whether this crosses whatever
line may exist.
