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Re: Waiting for xfree86? [Was: guile-1.6.4-1]


Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 08:17:44PM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>
>> Christopher Faylor <cgf=H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>>
>>> Why are we waiting for these libraries? Do they export variables or
>>> functions which rely on new 64 bit types?
>>
>>
>> I haven't investigated that. It's just that they are listed in:
>>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin-apps=rDBXBDvO6BXQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org/msg07117.html
>
>
>
> I suspect that Chuck was a little overzealous in listing packages. As I
> have been saying (and saying, and saying...) there is no need to rebuild a
> package unless its interface has changed.



No, I was extremely overzealous -- and said so. I put EVERYTHING I was not sure of into category 5. I figured it was up to the maintainers, not me, to say "waitaminute, my package doesn't export any interfaces that changed..."


But I agree, there should probably be another category or subcategory, since none of the five I listed really work for this case.


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