Re: Merging dev/texi2html [was: Re: Clean history]

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

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Am Donnerstag, 21. August 2008 schrieb John Mandereau:
> 2008/8/21 Reinhold Kainhofer <address@hidden>:
> > I proposed a shell variable, e.g.
> > VERBOSE_BUILD=1 make
> >
> > The build would then only be verbose if that variable is set. Otherwise:
> > - -) no --verbose is used
> > - -) debug output of metafont printed only to log files
> > - -) -q is used with texi2pdf
> >
> > Of course, error messages (and probably also warnings) should still be
> > printed, but not so much debug output.
>
> Good idea, but I'd rather set verbose output by default and document
> VERBOSE_BUILD=0 in install.itely.
> Verbose output is preferable by default, 

In that case, i would call the variable QUIET_BUILD or NON_VERBOSE_BUILD with 
inverse logic... That's just a tad more intuitive and suggests that verbose 
is the default.

Cheers,
Reinhold

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