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Re: MNG-1577
by Patrick Schneider-4
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We haven't done any documentation yet, no. I'll certainly be happy to write
some up, help you out, review what you have, etc.
Where is the wiki page you were editing? Is it open to anyone, or do I need
to submit changes to it through you or Mike?
On 3/15/07, Ralph Goers <Ralph.Goers@...> wrote:
>
> Question. Has Mike or Patrick updated the documentation yet? I started
> to update the wiki a couple of months ago but put it off as I didn't
> want the wiki to reflect something that you couldn't yet use. Plus the
> behavior changed slightly since then.
>
> If they haven't beaten me to it, I'd be happy to do this as I promised
> (hoping they will review it of course).
>
> Ralph
>
> Jason van Zyl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > After working with it a little this week I would like to propose to
> > make MNG-1577 behavior introduced the default. Builds are completely
> > and totally unpredictable without this behavior. The behavior in 2.0.5
> > is fundamentally broken. To are totally prey to any dependency
> > introduced by a dependency which makes no sense and completely counter
> > intuitive. I stabilized a massive build this week simply by using the
> > behavior present in the 2.0.x branch. I don't think we're doing anyone
> > any favors leaving the old behavior in. After watching a disaster be
> > recovered by using this new behavior I feel that the patch should go
> > in as is and become the default behavior. This puts the user in
> > control which is the way it should be.
> >
> > I propose we make this the default behavior. Can anyone think of a
> > case where this degree of control would break an existing build?
> >
> > This patch saved my bacon this week, I think this behavior makes a
> > world of difference to users.
> >
> > Jason.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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some up, help you out, review what you have, etc.
Where is the wiki page you were editing? Is it open to anyone, or do I need
to submit changes to it through you or Mike?
On 3/15/07, Ralph Goers <Ralph.Goers@...> wrote:
>
> Question. Has Mike or Patrick updated the documentation yet? I started
> to update the wiki a couple of months ago but put it off as I didn't
> want the wiki to reflect something that you couldn't yet use. Plus the
> behavior changed slightly since then.
>
> If they haven't beaten me to it, I'd be happy to do this as I promised
> (hoping they will review it of course).
>
> Ralph
>
> Jason van Zyl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > After working with it a little this week I would like to propose to
> > make MNG-1577 behavior introduced the default. Builds are completely
> > and totally unpredictable without this behavior. The behavior in 2.0.5
> > is fundamentally broken. To are totally prey to any dependency
> > introduced by a dependency which makes no sense and completely counter
> > intuitive. I stabilized a massive build this week simply by using the
> > behavior present in the 2.0.x branch. I don't think we're doing anyone
> > any favors leaving the old behavior in. After watching a disaster be
> > recovered by using this new behavior I feel that the patch should go
> > in as is and become the default behavior. This puts the user in
> > control which is the way it should be.
> >
> > I propose we make this the default behavior. Can anyone think of a
> > case where this degree of control would break an existing build?
> >
> > This patch saved my bacon this week, I think this behavior makes a
> > world of difference to users.
> >
> > Jason.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@...
> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@...
> >
>
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