On Dec 29, 2006, at 7:09 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 18:56 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> * Joshua D. Drake (jd@commandprompt.com) wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 17:57 -0500, Robert Treat wrote:
>>>> On Friday 29 December 2006 14:49, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>>> given options like --enable-dtrace and --with-libedit-preferred,
>>>> I don't find
>>>> this argument compelling...
>>>
>>> I don't like either of those options either.
>>
>> What about --with-pam, --with-ldap, --with-gnu-ld ? I also wonder
>> about --with-tcl, --with-perl, --with-python, --with-krb5.. We
>> do support quite a few platforms...
>
> I do not like --enable-dtrace because it is a Solaris only thing and a
> waste of maintability resources (although small).
It works on solaris, opensolaris, all the distributions based on
opensolaris. It should work in the next version of Mac OS X and most
likely in the next version of FreeBSD. The dtrace allows people to
answer questions on production systems that were otherwise
mysteries. I think it is not a waste at all.
> I do not like --with-libedit-preferred because I think it should be
> --with-libedit and readline should be ripped out.
>
> I do not like --with-krb5 because it has extremely limited real world
> use.
I see quite a bit of kerberos in the Enterprise world.
> I do not like --with-tcl because well... it is tcl
>
> I do not like --with-pam but only because I have never gotten it to
> work.
>
> I do like --with-python because all other languages are inferior.
>
> I do like --with-ldap because it is pretty much standard within
> directory lookups by the nature of Active Directory.
>
> I do not like "Green Eggs and Ham", said Sam I am.
I don't understand why this has devolved into an argument about what
people do and don't like. It's like specifically choosing a forum
that will have the most disagreement.
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