Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:27:34 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: clutton <clutton@zoho.com>, Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WITHOUT_NLS is deprecated use NLS option instead Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312260925550.24463@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20131226162331.GO40122@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <52BBC4F3.2050508@dougbarton.us> <1388040674.3771.27.camel@eva02.mbsd> <52BBD2FC.2070405@dougbarton.us> <20131226100851.GD40122@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312260916440.24463@wonkity.com> <20131226162331.GO40122@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On Thu, 26 Dec 2013, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 09:18:57AM -0700, Warren Block wrote: >> On Thu, 26 Dec 2013, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:55:56PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >>>> On 12/25/2013 10:51 PM, clutton wrote: >>>>> Sorry, but I have a quite opposite view. Making both variants work means >>>>> chaos. More variants means more complication. >>>> >>>> if <options for nls mean no> || WITHOUT_NLS; then >>>> >>>> >>>> This is not chaos. It's called "backwards compatibility," which is a >>>> critical part of every mature software project. >>>> >>>> OTOH, forcing users to jump through stupid hoops to change >>>> configurations which have worked for over a decade is a sign of the >>>> inmates running the asylum. >>>> >>>> Doug >>>> >>> >>> Backward compatility is still in there, this is a warning to the users, so that >>> they do get time to migrate. And it will stay for a while, even if >>> OPTIONS_UNSET=NLS is recommanded for more than a year. >> >> It would be nice if that was added to the warning: >> >> /!\ WARNING /!\ >> WITHOUT_NLS is deprecated: use NLS option or OPTIONS_UNSET=NLS instead > > use NLS option == OPTIONS_UNSET=NLS but yes I'll make the message more clear. To me, "use NLS option" implied using the options menu for the port.
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