Hi Eike,

Le Mercredi 21 Septembre 2005 15:52, Eike Rathke a écrit :
> > Well, the list is currently for _runtime_ environment variables only.
>
> I doubt that, I don't think variables like SRC_ROOT, INCLUDE, SOLARSRC
> and the like would affect the OOo runtime. I may be wrong on this, of
> course. If all variables are obtained by some 'grep getenv' or similar,
> these probably indicate that a tool used during build time uses them.

Right, my massive "grep" might have given noise :-(. Sorry about that.

In such a case, these variables should be removed from the list... or moved to 
another list. But I think that run time and build time variables should not 
be mixed. It's a personal opinion only, of course.

> A column listing the place of occurence would help to determine this.

Indeed. If I get some time, I will add this information. However, I am quite 
busy professionally these days, so if people can grep in the source code 
themselves, it would be better...

> > Even if both kinds of variable appear in the same source code, their
> > usage is completly different. One will never be able to tune the
> > bahaviour of the official RPM or MSI packages he/she downloads with build
> > time variables ;-).
>
> Well, did you verify? Also build time variables might get used in the
> product to tweak some behavior for debug purposes..

Not at run time, I meaned.

> Without the information you don't know whether the variable is available
> in the release you have.

... unless the list is a description of a "current state".

> But you're right, this can be always stated in 
> the description field, we don't need separate columns for that.

> I think we should somehow agree on the overall structure before everyone
> starts changing it..

That's correct.

I would be more than happy if I have impulsed something useful. That does not 
mean that my "vision" of the overall problem was correct. After all, I am 
rather new to OpenOffice.org, and you probably have much more knowledge of 
the development problems than I do. If this list ends up in a completly 
different project, that's okay too ;-).


-- 
Marre des virus, vers, spywares, adwares et plantages ?
Passez à Linux !

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to