On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:49:23 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> There is this little known feature of dh-make-perl, the overrides,
> that I want to drop.
Go for it!
> The overrides is a mechanism to forsibly correct some values that
> dh-make-perl guesses wrong.
Thanks for the explanation, until now I never understood what they
are actually supposed to do :)
> I find this feature a gross hack coming from the times when
> dh-make-perl was a little puppy.
Ack.
> I think overrides are hardly ever used, and would like to try to phase
> them out. I suggest a three stage process:
>
> * declare overrides as deprecated. The sample override file is moved
> to examples and marked as deprecated with a pointer to this thread
> for "objections".
> A warning is issued whenever an override file is discovered.
> Everithing still works as before.
> * wait for some months (squeeze?) for feedback from users.
> * either drop it or keep it (but with rationale)
>
> Alternatively, we may drop the feature right away, issuing a warning
> ("overrides no longer used") when an override file is found and see if
> we get any bug reports :)
Or just wait a week and see what people say here; if noone
uses/favours overrides drop them right away, otherwise go the
deprecation route.
Cheers,
gregor
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