Re: package variant name
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 07:21:38 -0500 (CDT)
Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> wrote:
> It's not a troll, his questions still stand. Why not answer them,
> instead of pushing them away like you'd swat a fly.
>
Becasue of his shitty attitude... i assume he is just being critical to
try and boost his ego, scoring easy points by blindly defending the status
quo.
I stated in my initial post it would only have superficial benefit.... i
didnt intend my post to imply i was pushing for change straight away, its
just something to think about.
Its small benefit is not a techical one, it just more accuratly states
current debian practices of using a base name that reflects the upstream
project name and an extension that represent different build options.
To argue that comparing two sets of strings is harder than comparing one
is a dumb argument, hes trying too hard to be critical, without really
thinking about what hes saying.... its trival to do both.
And i didnt say we shouldnt have a single concatinated field that
represents both.
Honestly is there any harm in bring up such ideas, if its not a good idea
fine, no harm done, ignore it or constructively state whats wrong with it.
The alternative is much worse.
Glenn
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