Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 22:55:56 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us> To: clutton <clutton@zoho.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WITHOUT_NLS is deprecated use NLS option instead Message-ID: <52BBD2FC.2070405@dougbarton.us> In-Reply-To: <1388040674.3771.27.camel@eva02.mbsd> References: <52BBC4F3.2050508@dougbarton.us> <1388040674.3771.27.camel@eva02.mbsd>
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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
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