Santiago Vila wrote: > The "only" problem is that the author does not want anybody to do that (read the comments at the beginning of the function).
Santiago, thank you for your response. However, I believed that we were passed this point already, no? The author wishes, if granted, would be "the end" of usable, nagging-free stable branches. Can you imagine if all of your packages in a stable installation started to (rudely) complain and harass you about your "old version". Helloooooo, stable branches deliberately keep older versions for better stability! Stable branches are preferable in a myriad of cases; just look at what NASA did in 2013, they chose Debian for the ISS astronaut's laptops and went with Debian 6 instead of the current Debian 7 at the time, for extra stability! Should we be nagging the astronauts to update the screensaver? See: http://www.zdnet.com/article/to-the-space-station-and-beyond-with-linux/ The author, out of his own volition, released the code under a free, open source license. End of story. Take this aberration (warning) out and comply with whatever needed legally (like change the name of the program, etc). I have no qualms with that. If the author wish was reasonable, I would be more than glad to comply - but his wish is not reasonable. Cheers, Jamil
