[CFT+BRAINSTORM] One USE_ to rule them all

['Baptiste Daroussin']

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 09:21:47PM +1100, Dewayne Geraghty wrote:
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> Baptiste,
> The original question is a functional change to Mk/*, which seems beneficial.  The specificity of USE_FEATURE is in keeping with the
> long term goal of "> The very long term goal will be to switch as much code as 
> > possible to be turn into a feature (when it makes sens of course)"
> 
> A generic use of "USE" makes less clear for those developers and users that are familiar and maintain USE_${FEATURE} in their port.
> I appreciate the improvements that are being made, but small steps are easier for the large numbers of people that are familiar with
> the existing system.

What is your suggestion, about the name of the macros, then? concerning the
small steps, that is the plan, convert things small steps by small steps into
features.

> 
> Also are their any foreseeable adverse side-effects of making this change?  

Not that I know, and noone pointed me to an adverse side-effetcs yet.

regards,
bapt
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