Re: shortest stem

[Paul Smith]

On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 20:15 +0200, Boris Kolpackov wrote:
> Yes, it is only simple and flexible in simple makefiles. Once you start
> assembling rules from different makefile, things become unpredictable.
> I also have never seen or can think of a real situation where the logic
> you describe above would be application. Though that doesn't mean such
> a use-case doesn't exist.
> 
> I am personally fine with either the enabled by default or enable by 
> mentioning a special target approach, so it is your call. Or we can try
> to enable it by default to start with and see if the release candidate
> uncovers anythings interesting.

I agree.  Add it by default and if we see issues we can make it optional
somehow.

I'm interested to see the changes that will be made to the docs, and
don't forget to add a blurb to the NEWS file for this.

Thanks!