❦ 26 décembre 2013 01:04 CET, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> :
> It is true that compatibility is sometimes less than ideal, but brushing
> the problem under the carpet just means that somebody gets to discover
> this when they're in a hurry trying to fix some unrelated problem years
> later, when the change in the autotools has been largely forgotten
> about, rather than it being fixed in a timely fashion.
Urgent updates, like security issues, seldomly need to patch the build
system. For one hour spent by the maintainer to fix the build system to
be able to build with a more recent version of automake or a more
ancient version of automake, how much time is saved by a third-party
person? Most of the time, none.
We don't need to put more burden on maintainers. It is better to really
build from sources and it is good if you spend time on it, but IMO, we
can't afford to make this a rule.
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# Okay, what on Earth is this one supposed to be used for?
2.4.0 linux/drivers/char/cp437.uni
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