On Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 07:40:15PM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > The main point are: `Do things in a way that old programs would still > work.' You can't know what weird setup a user is trying to use, perhaps he > has a custom CGI script to read manpages, one no debian-developer knows of. > Perhaps he hacked info to have colors once, and he would like to keep using > his program.
How can we support every possible custom script? The system changes; some things will break. Custom scripts will need maintenance; I don't think that's too unreasonable. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org

