On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de> wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:21:32 +0200, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Am 22.06.2010 15:31, schrieb Allan McRae:
"Architecture = auto" causes issues on any system where the kernel is not built for the same architecture as the packages (waves hand as someone who cannot use it...). "Architecture = none" causes no restrictions on the system setup so is the default.
'Architecture = auto' is the common case, so it should be the default (and actually, the default configuration file contains it). 'Architecture = none' is a rare corner case that virtually nobody will need, so it should not be the default. Just my 2 cents on sane default values.
I agree with Thomas here; the common case should be the default; not the rare corner case. At least on Arch you don't have mixed architectures anyway.
This is the last thing I will say on this. Where the heck were you guys 11 months ago? Surely not following development, but you want to piss about it now. Discussion: http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2009-July/008965.html http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2009-July/008968.html http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2009-July/008970.html Patches (with no feedback, mind you): http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2009-August/009193.html Yes, Aaron did seem to lean your direction, but nothing persuasive enough to convince either me (who proposed the idea) or Xavier (who coded the idea) change our minds. It's put up or shut up, so to speak. I'm not saying you guys need to be turning out a patch a week to be able to offer opinions, but the statue of limitations on complaints is surely shorter than 11 months. Please don't see this as a personal blow to either of you guys- you both do a lot of great work around here. It just sucks to see 6 or so emails bitching about a feature (not even a bug!) that has been set for as long as this one has. -Dan