"> The real distinction, I think, is whether or not you are using > _installed_ libraries. "
how about USE_INSTALLED_LIBS then? or possibly USE_LOCAL_LIBS > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:56:23 -0500 > From: o...@lindenlab.com > To: opensource-dev@lists.secondlife.com > Subject: Re: [opensource-dev] Is 'STANDALONE' confusing? > > On 2011-02-21 9:38, 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. > > Yes, I think that's best (assuming that we're going to change anything). > > A couple of comments on the interesting discussion.... > > I'm not sure that any variation on 'USE_PREBUILD' quite captures the > correct semantics, because in the new autobuild framework one way to > work is going to be to download the project for a library you want to > compile locally (perhaps to try a new version, or to make some patch) > and then modify your viewer builds to use the output of that > compilation. When you do that, you'll still be using exactly the same > sort of prebuilt package that you would, in the default case, download > from LL. > > The real distinction, I think, is whether or not you are using > _installed_ libraries. Normally, the viewer build has only minimal > reliance on the libs that are installed on the system itself - it puts > the packaged libraries (which are now by default all loaded in a > 'build-*/packages directory rather than being mixed in with the sources). > > That might suggest something like USE_PACKAGED_LIBS with a default value > of NO/FALSE. > > _______________________________________________ > 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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