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Date:      Wed, 25 Dec 2013 22:55:56 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us>
To:        clutton <clutton@zoho.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WITHOUT_NLS is deprecated use NLS option instead
Message-ID:  <52BBD2FC.2070405@dougbarton.us>
In-Reply-To: <1388040674.3771.27.camel@eva02.mbsd>
References:  <52BBC4F3.2050508@dougbarton.us> <1388040674.3771.27.camel@eva02.mbsd>

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On 12/25/2013 10:51 PM, clutton wrote:
> Sorry, but I have a quite opposite view. Making both variants work means
> chaos. More variants means more complication.

if <options for nls mean no> || WITHOUT_NLS; then


This is not chaos. It's called "backwards compatibility," which is a 
critical part of every mature software project.

OTOH, forcing users to jump through stupid hoops to change 
configurations which have worked for over a decade is a sign of the 
inmates running the asylum.

Doug




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