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| From: | "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic | ||
| Date: | Sun, 11 Aug 2019 12:53:45 | ||
| Message-Id: | b1e6527411aef60bfd0df832667419de054817c4.camel@gentoo.org | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic by Mart Raudsepp |
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| 1 | On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 14:46 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote: |
| 2 | > The USE flag naming feels a bit to be desired by me. |
| 3 | > That's because I don't believe in USE flags having to be named by the |
| 4 | > external dep they introduce, but by functionality. USE=magic sounds |
| 5 | > like a USE flag that adds some wizards into your application, automagic |
| 6 | > behavior or who knows (until you read the description). |
| 7 | > Not that I have a much better suggestion. USE=auto-mimetypes? |
| 8 | > |
| 9 | |
| 10 | The use of term 'magic' for file type recognition by magic bytes is well |
| 11 | established. Standing on your head and trying to invent an alternative |
| 12 | is not going to help anyone, and only confuse people. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | -- |
| 15 | Best regards, |
| 16 | Michał Górny |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic | Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic | "Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier" <contact@×××××××××.me> |
| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic | Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o> |