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From: Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 13:46:09
Message-Id: d8c4e2df250683a1f6fad94d82e38287a21de938.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic by "Michał Górny"
1 Ühel kenal päeval, P, 11.08.2019 kell 14:53, kirjutas Michał Górny:
2 > On Sun, 2019-08-11 at 14:46 +0300, Mart Raudsepp wrote:
3 > > The USE flag naming feels a bit to be desired by me.
4 > > That's because I don't believe in USE flags having to be named by
5 > > the
6 > > external dep they introduce, but by functionality. USE=magic sounds
7 > > like a USE flag that adds some wizards into your application,
8 > > automagic
9 > > behavior or who knows (until you read the description).
10 > > Not that I have a much better suggestion. USE=auto-mimetypes?
11 > >
12 >
13 > The use of term 'magic' for file type recognition by magic bytes is
14 > well established.
15
16 Fair enough.
17
18 > Standing on your head and trying to invent an
19 > alternative
20 > is not going to help anyone, and only confuse people.
21
22 Completely uncalled for unfriendly hostile additional sentence.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: Introduce global USE=magic "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>