On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:12:42 +0800
Ben de Groot <yng...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> 1) This unifies the existing syntax down into a collapsed form. In
> >> doing so, there are measurable gains across the board for PM
> >> efficiency and rsync alone.
>
> Unifying existing syntax = cosmetic
Not *entirely* cosmetic. If only you should have seen the scores of bug
reports that got resolved by simply switching DEPEND and RDEPEND in an
ebuild. Apparently a single character difference is often easy to
miss, (perhaps especially in dealing with uppercase variables). It is
definitely easier to spot the difference between lowercase "build" and
"run", so even a cosmetic change could be beneficial if it enhanced
legibility, right?
jer
