[email protected] writes: > 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
As you can see from my other emails, I'm not trying to push it to the limit. And I still have Makefiles from way back and they do work. Shell scripts too. C programs. All of which have had features larded on them since. _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
