Re: Run away TCSH
Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote:
> Mark W. Eichin wrote:
> > someone on tcsh-dev found that bug - I sent in the particular patch as
> > a bug report, but haven't heard anything (on this or on the
> TCSH was orphaned for six months. I took maintainership three days before the
> freeze. I have since solved five bugs. Among them the runaway problem althogh
> all the credit goes to dbugger@debian.org who found the problem. The patch you
> sent only solved the symptoms AFAICT, not the problem. I did answer the bug
> report you sent. Go check the bug database.
Mark's message didn't look too accusatory (perhaps not so tactful
either).
Luis took this package under duress because no one else would. Its
a very important package , with a lot of bugs. The code is a mess.
Nothing returns a status flag. Even the upstream author doesn't see an
obvious fix to the runaway problem. Luis fixed some bugs and worked on
internationalization. Luis should be thanked for making any progress at
all.
(btw, I looked at master a few days ago and couln't find the new
tcsh in incoming , nor in hamm , I'll have another look.)
John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre
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