FreeTDS Development Group

[Merijn Broeren <merijnb AT iloquent.com>]

Quoting Lowden, James K (LowdenJK AT bernstein.com):
> Speaking as an illiterate barbarian, I can't tell you how rare is an
> invitation from the civilised world.  I feel as though a velvet rope has
> been lifted from my path!  Uncomprehending brute that I am, though, I think
> I dimly perceive your point, which I suspect is valid, particularly given
> your experience.  
> 
Heh :-)))))

> You clearly know your way around the autotools.  Is it possible to reconcile
> your proposed fixes with Steve's point of view?  Or is this one of those
> black/white things that has to be done one way or the other?  
> 
Nice try to rope me in :-) Glad to see somebody else stepped up to the
plate already. I think this should in no way be incompatible actually. 

> In other words, if we do as you suggest, could we do so in a way that
> doesn't interfere with the way Steve expects his Debian systems to run?  He
> creates the Debian packages, see, and hardly represents the weirdest
> environment known to FreeTDS, so it's not nothing to pay attention to him.  
> 
I fully concede that my system is far weirder then anybody elses, but
that is precisely the reason that I need the escape hatch. 

Cheers,
-- 
Merijn Broeren | 'I want to understand everything. I want to know every-
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