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On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:08:22 +0300 |
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Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote: |
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> This is not about optimizing but preventing clear breakage, the |
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> benefits of asneeded are not under debate here (like already stated |
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> in the original message this thread started from) |
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--as-needed does not prevent breakage. It shoves some breakages under |
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the carpet so they're sometimes less visible, and sometimes easier to |
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fix when they happen. However, it does absolutely nothing to address |
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any of the root causes of the breakage, and it does introduce new |
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breakages itself. |
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Had one tenth of the effort that had been put into running around and |
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adding in hacks to work around a deliberately broken toolchain instead |
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been put into fixing libtool and delivering better slotting mechanisms, |
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none of this would be an issue. |
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Or is the policy "we've started running towards the cliff and we've |
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already debated the merits of jumping off it, so all you're allowed to |
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discuss now is how we remove the fence"? |
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Ciaran McCreesh |