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2011/9/13 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>: |
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>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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>> Thanks for the reminder; I looked, and it turns out that we now have |
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>> a great precedent. |
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>> Quoting PMS: |
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>> "The required bash version was retroactively updated from 3.0 to 3.2 |
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>> in November 2009 (see http://www.gentoo. |
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>> org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20091109.txt)." |
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>> So we could just retroactively update it again and let people scream |
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>> if they're actually affected by this. |
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I would really like if we do it properly this time. |
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So it is done for goot and does not reappear from time to time. |
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> If you read the quoted council log, you'll find that the retroactive |
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> change was done because usage of bash 3.2 features in the tree was |
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> already widespread at that time. This is very different from the |
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> current situation, therefore it is not at all a precedent. |
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As is Ulrich saying, it was done because everyone at that point was |
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using such features. |
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Not because we wanted those features to be used. |
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Cheers |
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Tom |