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On Friday 21 November 2003 09:40, Eamon Caddigan wrote: |
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> I agree that there are a lot of potential issues involved with SLOTting |
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> this package. Unfortunately, the only alternatives -- a similarly |
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> massive effort to make sure everything works with the newest version, or |
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> sticking with an increasingly out-of-date package -- seem worse. |
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well, do any bugs exist in bugzilla about 8.4.4 ? |
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you could always bootstrap a stable system (after marking 8.4.4 stable |
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locally) and see if everything works out. ive been using 8.4.4 on my systems |
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w/out problems ... |
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i'd agree with utx here on why trying to SLOT a package just because you want |
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to compensate for a newer one being broken is the wrong path to take. |
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it's like when people suggested SLOTing openssl just because you have to |
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recompile packages against the newer openssl ... it's a hack, not a solution. |
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-mike |
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