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On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 04:28:49PM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0029.html |
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> We need to decide upon a solution to the -flags problem. The proposed |
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> solutions are: |
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> 1) Disallow all negatives. Disadvantages: we don't tend to disallow |
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> things just because users could shoot themselves in the foot with them. |
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> 2) Allow negatives, and document how to use them correctly. |
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> Disadvantages: sooner or later, some developer isn't going to read the |
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> docs, and will really really screw things up with a misunderstanding. |
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> 5) Use some weird tristate notation. Disadvantages: not everyone has the |
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> slightest clue what set theory is. |
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'some weird tristate notation' must be what I proposed previously. =) |
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I'm still convinced that the use of it would be easy, both for |
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developers and for users, but I do acknowledge some (minor) issues like |
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finding another usable character for the new notation. |
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The last time I tried to explain my proposal, everybody except myself |
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seemed to think it was complicated, so I will not try to promote it |
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anymore, it's in the archives already. |
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> I'm in favour of 2) personally, but others disagree. I'd like a proper |
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> discussion on this before trying to get the GLEP through. |
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What I am still missing is a good argument _FOR_ negatives. We are |
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talking about negatives within groups, right? I agree with you that if |
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we choose 2, sooner or later it's going to get screwed up. We must have |
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a better reason for allowing them than just the off chance that negatives |
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might be useful in a way we cannot forsee yet. |
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If there is such a reason, I'd also pick 2. |
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Maurice. |
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Maurice van der Pot |
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Gentoo Linux Developer griffon26@g.o http://www.gentoo.org |
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