Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 12:55:53 +0700 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/rescue/rescue Makefile Message-ID: <20030906055552.GA72373@regency.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20030905183127.GA849@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <42548.1062488547@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030902004917.S6074@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <3F58B8B7.30107@tcoip.com.br> <20030905110128.Y8003@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030905183127.GA849@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:31:27AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:05:09AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > > > > > > So this consensus isn't at all all that consensual. > > > > "Consensus" does not mean "Universal Agreement." > > It does mean "general agreement", so if you don't take universal > literally then for all practical purposes it does mean universal > agreement. This is also the crux: we never formally agreed on > anything, because we cannot deal with the consequence: which is > to unify all knobs. So, the only understanding we reached was that > we have slightly more separatists than we have consolidators. But > as long as we don't unify the usage of the existing knobs, this > topic will be repeated ad nauseam. > > Since I'm not going to change the knobs, I cannot force an outcome. Methinks overall-acceptable practice would be renaming all to NO_FOO scheme, leaving NOFOO compatibility glue code for knobs we have to keep compatibility with lengthly. All new ones, obviously, should go under NO_FOO policy. Just my $.02. ./danfe
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