Jon Steinhart <[email protected]> writes:
>So in general I prefer packages that fix bugs and add features without breaking
>things because I'm trying to get other work done.
That's a desirable goal, but just one of multiple and conflicting goals.
Pushing your criterion to the limit, and applying the principle of
mathematical induction, it would mean that a Makefile that worked in 1970
should work today. It would make progress virtually impossible, particularly
for a system maintained entirely by volunteers.
Norman Shapiro
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