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On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 16:45 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote: |
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> Ühel kenal päeval, P, 11.08.2019 kell 14:53, kirjutas Michał Górny: |
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> > On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 14:46 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote: |
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> > > The USE flag naming feels a bit to be desired by me. |
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> > > That's because I don't believe in USE flags having to be named by |
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> > > the |
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> > > external dep they introduce, but by functionality. USE=magic sounds |
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> > > like a USE flag that adds some wizards into your application, |
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> > > automagic |
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> > > behavior or who knows (until you read the description). |
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> > > Not that I have a much better suggestion. USE=auto-mimetypes? |
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> > > |
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> > The use of term 'magic' for file type recognition by magic bytes is |
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> > well established. |
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> Fair enough. |
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> > Standing on your head and trying to invent an |
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> > alternative |
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> > is not going to help anyone, and only confuse people. |
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> Completely uncalled for unfriendly hostile additional sentence. |
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I didn't mean to be hostile. I just meant to visually explain that your |
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suggestion is long way from the initial point (hence 'standing on your |
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head'), and it's going to be confusing. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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