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  • From: Lyon Lemmens <llemmens AT sourcemage.org>
  • To: julian AT openit.de (Julian v. Bock)
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] db-4.1.24 breaks exim, (patch included)
  • Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 21:10:22 +0200

On Wednesday 25 September 2002 10:30, Julian v. Bock wrote:
>
> What do you mean with 'consider'?

Firstly, I didn't mean this as a personal attack, so please don't take it as
one. It's just a general concern. it could have been anybody (even me :)

The thing is, the drive to have the latest & greatest versions of software
can and will get you into trouble. A decade of system management has taught
me that.

So with "consider" I mean, think of what might break and try that. No one
can ask you to rebuild after a version bump, but with a "gaze depends" you
could have seen the dependencies and cast them...

Also, the documentation of db says the API of several db functions have
changed going from 4.0 to 4.1. So problems should have been expected.

> I knew there was the chance that some spells get broken, but I don't
> have the time and resources to cast the whole grimoire after each
> update. This is what the devel grimoire is intended for.
>

I don't agree. You can expect some unstableness in the devel grimoire, but I
don't think we should be using it as sandbox. I think these kind of changes
should be floated on the discuss or grimoire list first, for people to
check and test (and break) before going into the grimoire.

--
Lyon Lemmens, grimoire guru perl-cpan
llemmens AT sourcemage.org

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"Linux so advanced, it may as well be magic"

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