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Re: DOH! (glibc 2.1.91)



On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 01:04:32PM -0500, David Starner wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 09:17:18AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > URL Would be nice:
> > 
> > 	http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/glibc/
> > 
> > One last note. No offense to our valued users, but this is mainly meant
> > for Debian developers to test. So please steer clear of it, no matter how
> > much you're tempted.
> 
> Why? This is something that I would be testing anyway; this just saves me
> the trouble of fighting with the packaging system. It's not like all the
> Unix talent or glibc knowledge is centered in developers. But if you so wish,
> I will save up my comments until a more friendly system is set up.

Because I did not make this availble to test glibc itself. I made it
available so that other developers within Debian, who have a vested
interest (gcc, porters, etc..) can test it's interaction with Debian
specifically. It's not meant as a snide remark about the technical
abilities of users.

Ben

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