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[julian AT openit.de (Julian v. Bock)]

Hi

>>>>> "s" == shivaken  <shivaken AT jcom.home.ne.jp> writes:

s> Hi, Julian.  Redhat and Mandrake use flex-2.5.4a (with patch).  And
s> to compile umbrello with flex-2.5.25. I had to add a row.  So, I
s> asked help-flex AT gnu.org which they recommand 2.5.4a or 2.5.25.

s> This is from help-flex AT gnu.org (Bruce Lilly).

>> 2.5.4a is the current released version. Later numbered versions in
>> the 2.5 series are beta versions which add features.  As beta
>> versions, there may well be issues building on some systems and/or
>> handling .l files which rely on 2.5.4a idiosyncrasies or
>> undocumented implementation internals.
>> 
>> For a supported distribution, 2.5.4a is appropriate.

Hmm, so there seem to be issues with both 2.5.4a and 2.5.25.
However, using a beta version does not sound worse than using a
version that is de facto unmaintained for years + patches.

AFAIK our mirroring system is now running (the reason for downgrading
from 2.5.17 back to 2.5.4a some time ago). I am going to stay with
2.5.25 for now so at least someone else will do the patching for
us ;).

If your modification to umbrello works with 2.5.4a + patches as well
you might want to submit it to the umbrello developers.

s> Sorry to be late.

No problem.

Julian