On 16-09-2014 11:10, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 08:40:12AM -0300, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: >> On 15-09-2014 22:55, Ken Moffat wrote: >>> >>> And perhaps we are getting a little too free-and-easy with what >>> goes into 7.6 - it is good to know of this dependency, but as you >>> say there are pros and cons. >> >> The reason I modified it, was not just because I wanted to. >> > That comment of mine was actually aimed more generally - at new > versions of packages getting ticketed for 7.6. Some of these will > contain important fixes, others will contain less-important fixes > (updated translations - low risk, but perhaps there are other > changes not mentioned and which might cause trouble). > >> During the discussions (dev and ticket, IIRC), it was mentioned not only >> once that SQLite should be removed from Tcl, either because we do it >> with other packages, or because ArchLinux developers do it. Then, I >> concluded we were facing a bug in BLFS and it should be urgently fixed >> before the 7.6 release, and used ArchLinux as example. >> >> So, it was not a free-and-easy decision, I think. >> > > I agree with your analysis.
Thanks. >> After David (who I much respect and like, and am forever in debt, after >> he fixed LO) mentioned the problem with that solution, I asked him if >> other possibilities could be considered. As of writing this message, >> still got no reply. >> >> The reversion I did yesterday is not my preferred one, just wanted to >> run out of the problem. But in my particular machines, I will *remove* >> SQLite from Tcl, because to the best of my knowledge, the own developers >> fear it and *it is useless*, perhaps something they are developing for >> future use. >> > > For me and my machines, TCL in BLFS has exactly one use - to enable > gitk (and I don't use that often). So, I'm not too concerned about > it. Sqlite, OTOH, is a basic part of desktop infrastructure and we > prefer the system version. > > I'm sure the subject will come up again, and at that time I might > be less willing to go with "leave it as it was". I need tk. Thanks for your reply. -- []s, Fernando -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
