[Galene] Re: Heads-up: built-in TURN server

["Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>]

Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@irif.fr> writes:

>>> Except that now I'm trying to update the README, and I'm finding the
>>> behaviour impossible to explain concisely.  I need to think.
>
>> How about:
>
> I think the problem is that the default value is not materialised — the
> magic depends on whether the option was explicitly specified, the default
> value does not correspond to any possible value of the command-line option.
>
> I think the solution lies in making an explicit default value.  I'm
> thinking of "-turn auto" being the default, and behaving as we do
> currently if the option was not specified.  This is easier to explain,
> gives a clearer mental image to the user, and has the added advantage of
> being extensible -- people can hardly complain if the "auto" behaviour
> changes between versions.

Right, no objection to that!

> (I'm must resist the temptation of calling the value "magic".)

You could call it 'automagic'? ;)

-Toke