mday@ohs.UUCP (Matthew T. Day) (09/01/89)
What is the verdict on unofficial patch posted recently? Can I apply it and expect future compatibility (will it be included in any following patches)? -- +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------+ | Matthew T. Day, Icon International, Orem, UT | Xerox never comes up | | ..!uunet!iconsys!mday (mday@iconsys.uu.net) | with anything original. | +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) (09/04/89)
mday@ohs.UUCP (Matthew T. Day) writes: >What is the verdict on unofficial patch posted recently? Can I apply it and >expect future compatibility (will it be included in any following patches)? The system vs user alias patch has been applied to the 2.3d version of the code. It will appear in that 2.3 release. I forget why I didn't consider adding it to 2.2 PL10 as part of the pending patch 11. -- ===================================================================== Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900 syd@DSI.COM or {bpa,vu-vlsi}!dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235
indra@hobbes.amd.com (Indra Singhal) (09/08/89)
In article <424@ohs.UUCP> mday@ohs.UUCP (Matthew T. Day) writes: >What is the verdict on unofficial patch posted recently? Can I apply it and >expect future compatibility (will it be included in any following patches)? This is exactly the kind of confusion I was talking about when I broached this subject. I appreciate folks being concerned about their mail bill, consider the option: majority on the entire network carry the unofficial patch and just purge it. It not relevant to talk about global network resources here but the argument is valid. From the developer's point of view, this is going to be a nightmare to deal with. I urge folks enhancing/fixing elm to coordinate their efforts with the team and produce a unified patch/upgrade strategy. And like I said, if a patch is just too important to a specific user, ask for it individually! (In that case they bear the responsibility of "unpatching" when the official patch comes along.) Keep up the great effort... let this not deter folks from fixing/enhancing elm. iNDRA | indra@amdcad.AMD.COM (408) 749-5445 | {ames decwrl gatech pyramid sun uunet}!amdcad!indra | MS 167; Box 3453; Sunnyvale, CA 94088