Johnny Lam wrote:
> Alistair Crooks wrote:
> 
>>
>> So now we have a whole lot of:
>>
>>     NO_BUILD=yes
>>
>> occurrences, which I absolutely detest - it mixes positive and
>> negatives, and always forces me to think twice about what is
>> happenning.
> 
> 
> I also need to look twice when I see mixtures like that.  On this front, 
> I think it's past time to get rid of these NO_* variables and replace 
> them with positive DO_* variables, e.g.:
> 
>     NO_BUILD=yes        ==>    DO_BUILD=no
>     NO_CONFIGURE=yes    ==>    DO_CONFIGURE=no
>     NO_INSTALL=yes        ==>    DO_INSTALL=no
> 
> The DO_* variables could default to "yes" so they don't need to be 
> explicitly set in the vast majority of cases.  This new naming 
> convention would avoid semantic confusion for everyone, myself included.

Another possibility would be:

SKIP_PHASES=    extract patch configure build install

This would reduce the number of lines in quite many packages, without 
being unreadable.

Roland