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From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:38:07
Message-Id: 20190813053751.52d0a23b@katipo2.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 14:53:34 +0200
2 Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > The use of term 'magic' for file type recognition by magic bytes is well
5 > established. Standing on your head and trying to invent an alternative
6 > is not going to help anyone, and only confuse people.
7
8 Fun fact: when I saw this Subject on the ml, I assumed it was probably
9 going to be a poorly named flag for features provided by ImageMagick.
10
11 But I guess that'd be magick, not magic.
12
13 "magic" is too overloaded a term :/