From dev-return-8511-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Thu Feb 04 20:33:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 74417 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2010 20:33:43 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Feb 2010 20:33:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 92172 invoked by uid 500); 4 Feb 2010 20:33:43 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 92099 invoked by uid 500); 4 Feb 2010 20:33:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 92074 invoked by uid 99); 4 Feb 2010 20:33:43 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:33:43 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [74.125.82.52] (HELO mail-ww0-f52.google.com) (74.125.82.52) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:33:32 +0000 Received: by wwb31 with SMTP id 31so312776wwb.11 for ; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:33:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.163.81 with SMTP id z59mr998125wek.95.1265315591946; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:33:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.100? (92.41.246.3.sub.mbb.three.co.uk [92.41.246.3]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p10sm1479193gvf.28.2010.02.04.12.31.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:33:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: CouchDB defaults Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Noah Slater In-Reply-To: <234b196e1002041223m7fc5ce2dy91bf6edd2e70a33c@mail.gmail.com> X-Noah: Awesome Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:31:13 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <97A38B72-E79A-4515-8BB1-470673FC4A87@tumbolia.org> References: <234b196e1002040806g52b31e50y227e33c3f49a33a9@mail.gmail.com> <234b196e1002041105u7e459f4en773c4cb4bd0af56e@mail.gmail.com> <234b196e1002041223m7fc5ce2dy91bf6edd2e70a33c@mail.gmail.com> To: dev@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 4 Feb 2010, at 20:23, till wrote: > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Noah Slater = wrote: >> Nope, I understand what you want, I just don't know if it's a good = idea. >>=20 >> So my thought experiment was to wonder if we'd do the same for the = other configuration files. >>=20 >> As in, where is the line drawn? >=20 > IMHO, there doesn't have to be a line drawn anywhere. If people > request more options, why not provide them? Unless there's a good > reason not to. Every additional option adds cognitive burden to: * Maintaining the configure.ac script * Understanding the output from ./configure --help So I would argue that we need to think about where to draw the line = here. Note, I've not expressed an opinion either way whether this crosses = whatever line may exist.=