Nick Marino wrote: >---- Original Message ---- >From: "T. Mike Howeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:54 PM >Subject: [xmail] Re: Updated AV filter for Linux online now > > > >><soapbox> >>this is a software maintenance issue. labeling it 116 denotes the >>first version with which it is compatible; this is the correct way to >>label such changes (altho, granted, maybe 115 should actually be >>"13", and perhaps the format of the labels should have been chosen so >>that they could be directly compared against each other within the >>source code, but those decisions are implementation details). >>at any rate, software developers don't go back through all of their >>code and relabel mods when a new, but compatible, version of an >>ancilliary component is released; that would be unmanageable. (most >>ways of using those definitions in source code would break once a new >>version was released). perhaps in this case, the phrasing of the >>config option "our $xmail_version =" is the real problem. maybe "our >>$xmail_filter_architecture =" would be less confusing. but the >>current labeling is entirely defensible. </soapbox> >> >> >> > >But the lables could be anything could they not? > >
If I could interrupt this thread for a moment, I've completed a draft version of my new section on installing Peter's filter. If you (collectively) could review it and give me some feedback I would appreciate it. http://www.ubaight.com/draftguide.html I have actually revised the entire document from the second section to the end, so if any of you need a little reading to help you get to sleep, feel free to read and comment on the whole thing. ;-) Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
