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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