Re: enable-foo vs. with-foo is illogical
On 10/3/05, Ben Wing <ben(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
Vin Shelton wrote:
>While I agree with Ben that the current situation is confusing, I
>don't think changing all of the --enables to --withs buys us very
>much. It simplifies the situation at the expense of backwards
>compatibility.
>
>
backwards compatibility with what? we just redid all the options.
Believe it or not, I have a script that builds all XEmacsen from 19.16
to the present. I can actually build old 21.x tarballs using the same
script as a current tarball. Changing the options last time caused me
some grief, just as changing the options again will cause me some
grief. I assume that other people (many not on this list) will have
the same issue.
- Vin
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