On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Max Kellermann <m...@duempel.org> wrote:
> On 2009/03/06 17:44, Avuton Olrich <avu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The only one that seems iffy to me is 'don't include a help string
>> with the --enable-mp3', if I don't include one it appears ac will
>> make a blank space regardless. If it were my project I'd say screw
>> backwards compatbility of configure arguments :).
>
> Maybe you're right. That patch doesn't work well: --disable-mad seems
> to get overwritten by the default "mp3" value. Problem is: both the
> "mp3" and "mad" default handlers (the line that gets executed when the
> option is not specified) set enable_mad=yes. The one that gets
> executed later wins in any case!
>
> Any other opinions on that?
>
> - keep compatibility with configure options and repair that issue?
>
> OR:
>
> - forget about compatibility, possibily minor annoyance for some
> users
This is a philosophical view, but I always choose moving forward over
backwards compatibility, when it doesn't totally hose everyone (so
option #2).
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