On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 10:48:30AM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >>>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Gary> Hmm. I'm pretty sure autoconf 2.13 set target to "NONE".
>
> Akim> Yes, it did, definitely.
>
> Gary> Nup. No problem with the change here.
>
> Alexandre> I think I've already seen code that tested whether target =
> Alexandre> NONE, so it might be wise to keep it unchanged.
>
> :(
>
> It's a lot more code for free. I cannot understand what drove the
> choice of NONE for some default values :(
>
> Can't we go and see the people who do that and tell here how to adjust
> their code? I've looked in several `configure.in', and none include
> such thing. And it is not documented (but this is a stupid argument,
> agreed: people had to know the default to use it).
My feeling on this is that people who want to upgrade to the a new
version (with known and documented incompatibilities) can weigh the
advantages against staying with the previous release, and make a
decision about whether to upgrade.
In this case at least, it seems to me that would not be too drastic to
change the behaviour provided it is well documented (in NEWS
presumably) if it makes the code cleaner and more maintainable.
Err. IMHO. =)O|
Cheers,
Gary.
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