As a tester I gotta say Boroondas's suggestion to me, is far and away the least confusing... so it gets my vote too... ~Cummere
> From: thickbrick.sleaf...@gmail.com > To: opensource-dev@lists.secondlife.com > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:00:38 +0200 > Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Is 'STANDALONE' confusing? > > 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
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