Re: [Angstrom-devel] [PATCH][scripts 3/7] local.conf: allow user to override DISTRO

2011-11-11 Thread Koen Kooi

Op 12 nov. 2011, om 00:42 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende geschreven:

> oebb.sh is usefull with distributions other than angstrom. Allow users
> to override DISTRO from environment.

This is handing people a loaded gun and pointing it at their feet, so: NAK

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Re: [Angstrom-devel] [PATCH][scripts 3/7] local.conf: allow user to override DISTRO

2011-11-12 Thread Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Koen Kooi  wrote:
>
> Op 12 nov. 2011, om 00:42 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende 
> geschreven:
>
>> oebb.sh is usefull with distributions other than angstrom. Allow users
>> to override DISTRO from environment.
>
> This is handing people a loaded gun and pointing it at their feet, so: NAK

Why is this a loaded gun? Could you please  be a little bit more
descriptive on this?

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With best wishes
Dmitry

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Re: [Angstrom-devel] [PATCH][scripts 3/7] local.conf: allow user to override DISTRO

2011-11-12 Thread Koen Kooi

Op 12 nov. 2011, om 12:42 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende geschreven:

> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Koen Kooi  
> wrote:
>> 
>> Op 12 nov. 2011, om 00:42 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende 
>> geschreven:
>> 
>>> oebb.sh is usefull with distributions other than angstrom. Allow users
>>> to override DISTRO from environment.
>> 
>> This is handing people a loaded gun and pointing it at their feet, so: NAK
> 
> Why is this a loaded gun? Could you please  be a little bit more
> descriptive on this?

These scripts are there to give people a known good setup, picking up too much 
environment vars is too dangerous. Changing distro should be a conscious choice 
requiring effort, since it deeply affects the build experience.

regards,

Koen

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Re: [Angstrom-devel] [PATCH][scripts 3/7] local.conf: allow user to override DISTRO

2011-11-12 Thread Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
On 11/12/11, Koen Kooi  wrote:
>
> Op 12 nov. 2011, om 12:42 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende
> geschreven:
>
>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Koen Kooi 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Op 12 nov. 2011, om 00:42 heeft Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov het volgende
>>> geschreven:
>>>
 oebb.sh is usefull with distributions other than angstrom. Allow users
 to override DISTRO from environment.
>>>
>>> This is handing people a loaded gun and pointing it at their feet, so:
>>> NAK
>>
>> Why is this a loaded gun? Could you please  be a little bit more
>> descriptive on this?
>
> These scripts are there to give people a known good setup, picking up too
> much environment vars is too dangerous. Changing distro should be a
> conscious choice requiring effort, since it deeply affects the build
> experience.

I see your point. Thank you for the explanations!

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With best wishes
Dmitry

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