On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 16:45 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote: > Ühel kenal päeval, P, 11.08.2019 kell 14:53, kirjutas Michał Górny: > > On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 14:46 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote: > > > The USE flag naming feels a bit to be desired by me. > > > That's because I don't believe in USE flags having to be named by > > > the > > > external dep they introduce, but by functionality. USE=magic sounds > > > like a USE flag that adds some wizards into your application, > > > automagic > > > behavior or who knows (until you read the description). > > > Not that I have a much better suggestion. USE=auto-mimetypes? > > > > > > > The use of term 'magic' for file type recognition by magic bytes is > > well established. > > Fair enough. > > > Standing on your head and trying to invent an > > alternative > > is not going to help anyone, and only confuse people. > > Completely uncalled for unfriendly hostile additional sentence.
I didn't mean to be hostile. I just meant to visually explain that your suggestion is long way from the initial point (hence 'standing on your head'), and it's going to be confusing. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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