Bob Sanders <rsanders <at> engr.sgi.com> writes: > We use innodb functions for some things and not for others. On systems where > it's necessary, we add - innodb, to the USE flags in /etc/make.conf just > on those systems. > > Why is this such a big deal? If you want to use it fine. > If it's not necessary, why compile in support for an unused feature?
It's a standard feature, not enabling it cripples the functionality. The reality that I see on a daily basis is that a) people are not so familiar with Gentoo procedures as you may wish; b) complete noobs use Gentoo too. As to why (b) happens I do not know, you can take pride in the fact that the Gentoo name is spreading to these quarters too... but since this is indeed the case, you do need to take it into consideration, as well! Anyway, the result of the above is a lot of trouble, confusion and questions. While I'm all for choice, I also like to be pragmatic and would suggest that in this case, giving you as expert the choice of switching it off makes more sense than requiring other less experienced users to switch it on. You don't NEED to sync everything with what others do, but no need to exclude the possibility just to be different, right? ;-) Another reason is this. Unfortunately, some people still claim that MySQL doesn't support transactions and such, even though it has for many years. I am quite tired of having to keep explaining this, it's silly and should not be necessary. We're all here to promote open source, and not to make life more difficult for eachother, or to stick with decisions that cause others more work (i.e. keeping them from doing other more useful work). That's what I strive for. Please give way just a little bit, for everybody's benefit. It won't hurt you. Thanks. Regards, Arjen. Community Relations Manager MySQL AB -- [email protected] mailing list
