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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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 	Use last official release version (buggy, outdated) instead of  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 outdated, dead and broken, is doing more harm than good here.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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