Re: [Quilt-dev] [PATCH] scripts: let users override LESS env variable.

[Jean Delvare]

Le Saturday 14 December 2013 à 13:29 -0600, Kent R. Spillner a écrit :
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 02:28:49PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > I do not understand the value of this change. How is it better to set
> > QUILT_LESS_ARGS in ~/.quiltrc than to set LESS in ~/.quiltrc?
> > 
> > As far as I can see, the feature was already there, just not documented.
> > If I'm missing something, please explain.
> 
> I wouldn't say it is better.  I wanted to disable the behavior of less -F
> but quilt's use of LESS wasn't documented.  I chose to add QUILT_LESS_ARGS
> simply to be consistent with other Quilt env variables, and also to be
> consistent with other tools that page their output (e.g. MANPAGER, GIT_PAGER,
> etc.).  If you wish to revert my change and simply document LESS I believe
> that would also suit my needs.

I'd revert it, however Martin said earlier that he loved your change,
and Andreas was happy enough with it to apply it. So unless Martin
and/or Andreas changed their mind and tell me I can revert it, I'll just
leave it as is. I don't want to go against the majority ;-)

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare
Suse L3 Support