There have been some objections about the name of my new flag. Some alternative suggestions: "--dont-use-binary-dist" and "--no-use-binary-dist". Any opinions? Can we somehow reach a quick consensus about this? This needs to appear in a fink release quite soon, in order to fix problems with bootstrapping fink.
2. There is also a question about what the default value should be for the global UseBinaryDist option. At the moment, any user who runs "fink --configure" and who hasn't previously made a choice about UseBinaryDist will be asked a new question about whether to use it, with the default answer being "Yes." What worries me about this is that a user might not notice this question, and just select the default answer (along with a bunch of other defaults that are agreeing with previous choices). Then, all of a sudden, the behavior of fink will change in a dramatic way!
I think its good for a brand new user -- installing via some future binary installer, or having done a bootstrap -- to get a default answer of yes. But I suggest that for a user with an existing /sw/etc/fink.conf file but no entry for UseBinaryDist, the default answer should be set to "No."
Any opinions about this?
-- Dave
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