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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add WITH_DEBUG_FILES knob to enable separate debug files
From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:
> On 23 December 2012 16:47, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>     I would probably setup things in such a way that the old default
>> is kept though because I'm sure that there's someone out there that's
>> using it (even it it's not *the best* default per how we prefix things
>> in ports).
>
> If the old defaults aren't the best defaults - I'd change them.  If
> someone depends on the old defaults they should be explicitly set.
> POLA should not impede progress.

    Good point. Should this be documented in UPDATING?
Thanks,
-Garrett