[SM-Discuss] openmotif ... updating lesstif and nedit

Eric Sandall eric at sandall.us
Thu Mar 26 18:24:57 EDT 2009


Quoting Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz at gmx.net>:

> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 06:35:34PM -0400, flux wrote:
>> Thomas Orgis (thomas-forum at orgis.org) wrote [09.03.25 09:39]:
>> > > I don't see the harm in doing it that way, and
>> > > then you don't have to worry about breaking away from standard practice,
>> > > since that would be standard.
>> >
>> > Right, but the harm would be that the default is broken... unless  
>> we make the
>> > the devel version the default. Hm, that would be an option, wouldn't it?
>> >
>> > 	Use last official release version (buggy, outdated) instead of  
>> tested snapshot? [N/y]
>> >
>> > Would that fly (perhaps it's what you meant already)?
>> > Note that I would take the word for it... I'd be inclineed to  
>> remove the patches
>> > from "stable" lesstif that are not build fixes. Though perhaps  
>> people would
>> > like me to stop at the CAN-2005-0605 fix ... hm, perhaps I'd just  
>> leave it there.
>>
>> I like that as a solution, especially since the "stable" version does
>> successfully build (even though it doesn't run properly). However, I'm
>> not particularly couched in any particular solution, so whatever is
>> deemed best is what should be done. I was just wondering if it might be
>> better to use the solution mentioned above, since that seems to be more
>> "standard practice" with how we do things.
>
> I think in this case, going for the snapshots only is the better
> solution. Strictly keeping with upstream defaults, even if it's
> outdated, dead and broken, is doing more harm than good here.
> Successful build is only half the requirement for a spell imo, it should
> also actually run.

I'll throw in my support as well. :) If upstream is (mostly) dead, but  
there are patches out there to get the spell working and someone is  
willing to do the work to get it working, do it. :) If we ever run  
into problems and run out of volunteers to keep it working we can  
remove it.

-sandalle

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