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Re: [barnowl] Update and make configurable the default format (#136)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Gross)
Sun Jun 9 22:07:05 2013

Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:07:01 -0700
From: Jason Gross <notifications@github.com>
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In-Reply-To: <barnowl/barnowl/pull/136@github.com>



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Ok, that sounds reasonable to me.  I'm fine with this being merged as-is.=


-Jason
On Jun 9, 2013 9:37 PM, "barnowl-dev email-only account" <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

> Jason Gross <notifications@github.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm curious what jhutz has to say about why. (My reading of his
> >zephyrs was that autoconf doesn't give many options to configure thing=
s
> >at build time. But `--with-*` and `--enable-*` behave identically,
> >except for whether they list things as packages or features, AIUI.
>
> In the autoconf mindset, with and enable are both wrong for this. There=
 is
> no right way to do this. Given that, '--with-default-fomat' sounds bett=
er,
> as it usually does for this sort of thing, so I tend to favor it. I've =
seen
> both used.
>
> In any case, a good part of why is avoiding bikeshedding.
>
> --Jeff
>
> =E2=80=94
> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub<https://github.com/ba=
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Ok, that sounds reasonable to me.  I&#39;m fine with this being merged as=
-is.
<br>

<br>
-Jason
<br>
On Jun 9, 2013 9:37 PM, &quot;barnowl-dev email-only account&quot; &lt;
<br>
notifications@github.com&gt; wrote:
<br>

<br>
&gt; Jason Gross &lt;notifications@github.com&gt; wrote:
<br>
&gt;
<br>
&gt; &gt;I&#39;m curious what jhutz has to say about why. (My reading of =
his
<br>
&gt; &gt;zephyrs was that autoconf doesn&#39;t give many options to confi=
gure things
<br>
&gt; &gt;at build time. But `--with-*` and `--enable-*` behave identicall=
y,
<br>
&gt; &gt;except for whether they list things as packages or features, AIU=
I.
<br>
&gt;
<br>
&gt; In the autoconf mindset, with and enable are both wrong for this. Th=
ere is
<br>
&gt; no right way to do this. Given that, &#39;--with-default-fomat&#39; =
sounds better,
<br>
&gt; as it usually does for this sort of thing, so I tend to favor it. I&=
#39;ve seen
<br>
&gt; both used.
<br>
&gt;
<br>
&gt; In any case, a good part of why is avoiding bikeshedding.
<br>
&gt;
<br>
&gt; --Jeff
<br>
&gt;
<br>
&gt; =E2=80=94
<br>
&gt; Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub&lt;https://github.=
com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/136#issuecomment-19177839&gt;
<br>
&gt; .
<br>
&gt;

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