On 19 September 2012 03:18, Alec Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Ulrich Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: >> Readability is more important, and there I still don't buy the >> argument that the new syntax is better, and that any gain would >> outweigh the cost of changing. After all, the existing variables for >> dependency specification won't disappear, so devs would have to >> remember both. > > I agree it is a con, but is it a blocker? I mean basically any change > proposed requires know the old way, and the new way..that is how > changes work...
Which is why changes need to have clear benefits that outweigh the costs of change. In this case the benefits are purely cosmetic, so they don't. Change for change' sake is not worth the effort. -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin
