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Re: New Gnash 0.8.5 actually works!



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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:23:36AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
>> ...
>>
>> The difference between my backports and those at backports.org is 
>> that I keep track of the chains of poisening during chained 
>> backports.  If later a bug is revealed in part of a chain, I can 
>> easily see what needs rebuilding and can redo same chains again using 
>> newer/corrected parts.
>>
>> Backports.org is not transparent about this need for hacking not only 
>> each single package but also sometimes their dependencies.
>
> Well, I don't use backports.org myself and just trust your reasoning.  
> I'm not convinced that the poisoning you mentioned is that harmfull.  
> In my eyes your strategy hides a valuable effort (porting gnash to 
> Lenny) for a larger user base and I fail to see the advantage in this 
> - but finally it is your work and you have the last word.

Not the last word:

I provide source packages too (also to fulfill licensing requirements 
the simplest way), There is nothing stopping others from repackaging 
based on my work.


  - Jonas

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