[U-Boot] [PATCH] boot cmds: convert to getenv_yesno() with autostart

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 17:19:38 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > In addition to the default values, there is the difference that the
> > > documentation states that "autostart" has to be set to "yes", i. e. a
> > > plain "y" is not supposed to mean 'yes'.
> > 
> > consider it an enhancement then ?  i dont see a problem with making the
> > values fuzzier.  personally, i make funcs like this accept any of the
> > common strings such as true/false/0/1/y/n/yes/no.
> 
> That should be documented, then.  And it should be sensible not to
> accept anything.  A typo like "yno" should IMHO _not_ be interpreted
> as "yes".

good point ... i hadnt thought of that

> > > I think the easiest way to fix this is to revert the commit.
> > 
> > it's in "next", so it could even just be dropped
> 
> Yes, but then I have to rebase next...

imo, keeping the "next" branch clean at the cost of unstableness isnt a 
problem.  this seems to be the convention that Linux started and other people 
follow.  personally, when i use "next" from anywhere, the first thing i do is 
reset my local "next" branch to whatever the current upstream state.
-mike
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