On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:04:01 +0300 Markos Chandras <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/09/2011 11:01 πμ, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there a real reason to have <herd>no-herd</herd>? As I see it, > > it's just an ugly hack which all programs have to learn and hack > > for no benefit. > > > What is the problem with that? Why is it an ugly hack? Because it's explicitly saying 'none'. It's like requiring programs to pass "NONE" rather than NULL/None/undef. Because every program which is supposed to list herds, needs to grab the list and strip 'no-herd' from it. And what if a package has '<herd>foo</herd><herd>no-herd</herd>'? -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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