>> The effort involved in a leap forward is rather high, though.
> Unless [...], the effort should be small. Just `configure;make;make
> install` (with a bunch of testing in between the two `make` steps, of
> course).
Where the effort lurks is in the step you've glossed over as
"configure". I
> > You should leap forward and then report any issues, so that they will
> > cease being issues.
>
> My experience has been that my idea of an issue doesn't always line up
> with a software project's idea of an issue. (But I do expect that the
> two will line up better in lynx's case.)
>
> The
>> But a lot of development versions, especially for open-source
>> software, are plenty usable enough. [...] So, my question is, is
>> 2.9.0 in good enough shape that I should (FWVO "should") use it, or
>> would 2.8.9 be better?
> Thomas will be more modest, but basically every 'dev' release of
Mouse wrote:
> The lynx I've been using - 2.8, from 1999 - started exhibiting a
> disturbing failure mode, today: I got "lynx in free(): warning: chunk
> is already free.", indicating a memory-management bug, and, in at least
> one session, got a coredump (ditto, but even more so).
>
> I could
On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 07:21:17PM -0400, Travis Siegel wrote:
> For what it's worth, I've been using 2.9.0 since version dev 5, and I've not
> encountered any major bugs with it. I'm fairly confident it will be plenty
> stable enough for your use.
>
> It's possible you'll find something else
For what it's worth, I've been using 2.9.0 since version dev 5, and I've
not encountered any major bugs with it. I'm fairly confident it will be
plenty stable enough for your use.
It's possible you'll find something else thatwon't do the trick for you,
but it's plenty stable enough for
The lynx I've been using - 2.8, from 1999 - started exhibiting a
disturbing failure mode, today: I got "lynx in free(): warning: chunk
is already free.", indicating a memory-management bug, and, in at least
one session, got a coredump (ditto, but even more so).
I could just treat this as a
