[OE-core] [PATCH 3/4] distcc: make distccmon-gnome optional and default to off

[Paul Eggleton]

On Monday 14 November 2011 21:55:28 Koen Kooi wrote:
> This patch changes the default behaviour in a way that distros need to
> update their configs in order to keep the status quo. I know I use
> distccmon-gnome on my boards, 

I have to say I'm surprised, I hadn't considered the distcc UI to be 
particularly useful in our context so I'm surprised that anyone is actually 
using it, but everyone has their own requirements I guess.

> but will I remember 2 months from now that
> this patch went in? I asked this before in a different context, but I'll
> ask again: do you expect distro maintainers to vet each and every commit
> that goes into OE-core to find out when default got (silently) changed?

There are degrees of "silently". Given that this patch is being reviewed on 
the mailing list I think it's anything but silent.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre