On Jun 13, 2007, at 9:15 PM, Adam Kennedy wrote:
Yes, it is currently in the wild (in a fairly unobtrusive way though).
As to noun vs verb, the reason that we need the key at all is
specifically because the ./Configure installation phase is turing-
complete and not static.
Well yeah, but we don't *have* a ./Configure script. =)
That is, it is a verb and not a noun :)
It *was* a verb, until it was used as the name of a script, at which
point it became a verb. And then people started calling it "the
Configure script", at which point it became an adjectival noun.
I guess I don't feel super-strongly about it though, so I'll rename
it in homage to its creator.
So configure_requires: is better from that aspect too, as it's
refering to the requirements of the configure action.
And yes, my brain isn't entirely fired up yet today, so the
_depends is a typo.
configure_requires is what I meant
Adam K
P.S. Dunno why but nothing I send to nttp or the list directly
seems to get through, am I missing something here?
This is a mystery to me too, I don't get it, but IIRC it has been
this way for a while. I just sent a message to Ask asking if he
knows why.
-Ken
