oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) (10/01/88)
In article <12247@steinmetz.ge.com> (bill davidsen) writes: >Could I suggest that it would be appropriate to have the author gather >all of the patches, evaluate them, and either release a new version or a >single patch file which will apply all of the valid fixes? > I second that... I have halted the installation of the latest less on my site because of various (irritating) incompatibilities, and I am not about to use everyone's favorite feature (especially if not sane enough to be #ifdef FEATURE-enclosed) or patch on it. We just have TOO MANY users of this program. I am also curious why everyone is jumping in head first with their favorite patch and/or feature, as though there is a race to "extend/fix less" !! Whatever happened to the courteous practice of feeding such changes to the author first, and giving a chance for "official patches" to be posted ?? oz -- Reflections are | Usenet: ...!utzoo!yunexus!oz images of tarnished aspirations. | ...uunet!mnetor!yunexus!oz RACTER | Bitnet: oz@[yulibra|yuyetti] [an Artifically Insane program.] | Phonet: +1 416 736-5257x3976