Mikulas Patocka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I mean if there's some probability that these experimental versions > will break system, possibly even breaking make install and preventing > reinstallation of old versions?
I doubt that would happen. But if you're worried about it, save the old versions before installing the new ones. > Or you mean human resources? Applying patch, bumping up version > number, typing make dist and uploading file isn't that much work. I'm afraid it is. The distributions are widely tested on a variety of hosts before being uploaded, and the testing effort is not at all trivial. Also, it's not trivial to decide which patches are worth applying. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
