Hi,
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 01:17:12PM +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:
> > 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 :)
Hehe. And I never knew that it existed.
> > 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.
Seconded.
Regards, Axel
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Axel Beckert - abe@deuxchevaux.org, abe@noone.org - http://noone.org/abe/
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