On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:48:45 +0100 Mick <[email protected]> said:
> On Monday 06 Aug 2012 01:00:48 Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:24:22 -0500 SndChaser <[email protected]> > > said: > > > > it is only gentoo specific because gentoo loves to play with configure > > options that are not tested normally. as a result of this kind of > > behaviour we are planning to remove tonnes of build options. it's too much > > overhead to manage. > > Yes, too many options cause exponential probabilities that something will > break. However, sane defaults by ebuild devs should get expected results. if gentoo didn't turn on building of enignes that are OFF by default... u'd be fine. :) > Other than a buggy ebuild, there are always over-zealous users who tweak > their options to destruction, but they soon learn that they get to keep both > pieces. Those who stay with Gentoo and intentionally change their flags also > learn how to fix what they borked. So they can be safely ignored. ;-) actually both gentoo ebuild users and the tweakers end up on our doorstep asking us for help with their tweaked builds. on our irc/email lists. though it's nice to help - we help again and again and repeat ourselves that those options are for people who know exactly what they are doing with the option. if u dont know then accept defaults without a --enable or --disable in sight. :) u do more than that then deal with your own problems - they never do though. we end up with them. so the future is many fewer options. u'll be patching src to change things and that tends to be a barrier high enough to keep the tweakers out :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
