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On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:11 AM, Marek Szuba <marecki@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 2016-09-11 14:19, Martin Gysel wrote: |
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> >> +1. Any package whose upstream says "don't build this yourself" is |
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> >> hostile to open source principles. |
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> > just to make it clear, upstream never said such thing nor are they in |
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> > any way hostile to open source principles (I suppose you wouldn't state |
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> > that if you know subsurface's developers). |
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> They have, however, used the term "deprecated" to describe |
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> distribution-maintained packages. It's right there on the download page. |
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> And yes, I know (and so do at least several other devs) that one of the |
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> major contributors to Subsurface is one Linus Torvalds. |
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*eats humble pie* |
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Seems I was mistaken, and I also apologize for the venom. |
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> MS |
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