-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/30/11 02:06, James Vega wrote: > Eli Barzilay <eli@...> writes: >> The thing is that keeping things completely backward compatible >> means keeping some C code (the fit thing), and that translates to >> a real problem with linux distributions (see the Fedora point >> earlier). Not being completely backward compatible has the >> advantage of moving at least the Fedora distribution faster (and >> I won't be surprised if Debian/Ubuntu would have issues with this >> too -- I'm surprised they didn't say anything about it so far). > > I did -- http://bugs.racket-lang.org/query/?cmd=view&pr=10756. :) > You convinced me that the status quo was good enough for now and > that it'd eventually be replaced by scheme^Wracket. Glad to see > that's happening.
I'm confused now. That bug talks about a bundled zlib, while Eli says this is about: ``keeping the C code that was ripped out of gnuplot.'' which would IIUC be a violation of gnuplot's license. Marijn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6FcjoACgkQp/VmCx0OL2wdQgCbByav/H9v6rl2Fhsi38DJlu0K OHIAn1eUdjpjEz/PtALj59vS597vB8vY =2R0l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev
