On Monday 21 February 2011 16:38:01 Boroondas Gupte wrote: > On 02/21/2011 03:28 PM, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) wrote: > > If we are going to change it, the replacement term should, in addition > > to being more accurately descriptive of what it does, be an affirmative > > term - don't suggest any 'NO_*" replacements. > > Would it be acceptable to invert the setting's semantic in order to > avoid a negation? I.e., STANDALONE=OFF would become NEW_SETTING=ON and > vice versa. That'd allow for easy-to-understand names like > USE_PREBUILD_LIBS or DOWNLOAD_NEEDED_DEPENDENCIES. > > Off course, the default value should be inverted together with the > setting's semantic, such that the default behavior does not change. >
I agree with Boroondas. I think it *should* be changed, and my vote goes to USE_PREBUILT_LIBS (which should default to on.) -- Thickbrick _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
