[haiku-development] Re: configure --distro-compatibility
- From: "Jorge G. Mare" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:24:16 -0700
Hi Ingo,
Ingo Weinhold wrote:
is it save to assume that the --distro-compatibility option of our
configure script has no popularity at all and can be removed again? I
introduced it upon request more than two years ago to provide third-party
distro makers with a build time switch to disable Haiku trademarks
(respectivly enable the correct ones).The build system defines a build
system variable and a preprocessor macro, neither of which are used in any
Jamfile or source code (unless I missed something) despite having been
readily for so long. Since the first release is almost upon us, we should
either implement the feature or drop it altogether.
CU, Ingo
PS: The default "distro compatibility" level, which probably everyone is
using, means "not Haiku compatible", which, at least theoretically,
disables all Haiku trademarks. In practice, since it failed to be adopted,
the configure switch doesn't have any effect.
Please forgive me for what may be dumb questions or if I am missing
something (which might as well be the case):
1) Being that there are only two known Haiku distros (Senryu and
TiltOS), what sort of adoption was expected?
2) Would you not expect the need for this sort of option to increase as
time goes by and Haiku matures?
3) Even if the adoption rate is low, does it hurt to keep it?
I ask these questions because, perhaps in my ignorance, this sort of
thing seems to be something that will be needed more (not less) in the
future.
Cheers,
Jorge/aka Koki
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