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From: "Santiago M. Mola" <coldwind@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Ability to pass arguments to src_configure/src_compile
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:11:16
Message-Id: 3c32af40809071011m6d9557abl42f60a742a7e8686@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Ability to pass arguments to src_configure/src_compile by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Ciaran McCreesh
2 <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:46:45 -0400
4 > "Marcus D. Hanwell" <cryos@g.o> wrote:
5 >> > The proposal is not designed to replace all cases. It's designed to
6 >> > replace the common 50%.
7 >> >
8 >> I personally agree with several others who have replied to this
9 >> thread. The reduction in lines of code/characters seems to introduce
10 >> an uglier syntax which is harder to read with questionable benefits.
11 >
12 > Try using it for a few weeks. Once you're used to it it's considerably
13 > nicer than going through and implementing pointless src_configures all
14 > over the place...
15 >
16
17 Yes. And here another point should be brought up. This proposal should
18 be wider and consider similar changes for the most common used
19 operations on all phases. Implementing it only for
20 src_{configure,compile} won't feel so useful as implementing similar
21 variables for most phases.
22
23 Regards,
24 --
25 Santiago M. Mola
26 Jabber ID: cooldwind@×××××.com