Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I do that all the time. It is much easier to see that a program is not > being run if it is explicitly commented out rather than just "not > there", as Makefiles tend to be executed in interesting nonlinear ways, > and it doesn't really hurt either. Even the slowest of our buildds can > skip over these lines in less than a second, while if I screw up with > these lines I'm wasting a lot more autobuilder time, archive bandwidth > etc.[1]
One can certainly argue both sides of this, but on this point in particular, ftp-masters actually made a ruling and asked people to remove the commented-out lines. See <http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html> down near the bottom near debian/rules. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
