Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:18:57 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: clutton <clutton@zoho.com>, Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WITHOUT_NLS is deprecated use NLS option instead Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312260916440.24463@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20131226100851.GD40122@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <52BBC4F3.2050508@dougbarton.us> <1388040674.3771.27.camel@eva02.mbsd> <52BBD2FC.2070405@dougbarton.us> <20131226100851.GD40122@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On Thu, 26 Dec 2013, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:55:56PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >> 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 >> > > Backward compatility is still in there, this is a warning to the users, so that > they do get time to migrate. And it will stay for a while, even if > OPTIONS_UNSET=NLS is recommanded for more than a year. It would be nice if that was added to the warning: /!\ WARNING /!\ WITHOUT_NLS is deprecated: use NLS option or OPTIONS_UNSET=NLS instead
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