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Date:      Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:19 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jason Helfman <jgh@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Proposal: further OptionsNG improvements
Message-ID:  <20130619061719.GD61109@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAMuy=%2BiA174035jZ_dx30ODOF1pfBh=-Hqq7Q6cx3AvRbNDitw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20130618160037.GA26677@regency.nsu.ru> <op.wyvvztj134t2sn@tech304.office.supranet.net> <20130618171253.GA93721@FreeBSD.org> <CAMuy=%2BiA174035jZ_dx30ODOF1pfBh=-Hqq7Q6cx3AvRbNDitw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:47:47PM -0700, Jason Helfman wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:56:07AM -0500, Mark Felder wrote:
> > > So we just got done porting most of the tree to a new options syntax
> > > and now we want to change it again? :-)
> >
> > Yeah, why not?  ;-)
> >
> > I've discussed that idea before with bapt@ on IRC; there is absolutely
> > no reasons why we should not use now-free nice, short OPTIONS knob again.
> 
> Perhaps your proposal would carry more weight, feedback and/or testing
> results if it included a patch and an example port with the modified values
> for your new idea.

Surely, patch would be the next step.

> This has been quiet successful in the recent past with bapt's proposals for
> options, uses, etc.

Except that sometimes I think they are not being discussed enough prior to
commit. ;-)

./danfe



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