On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > > This problem is very common for non-free software. > > ... which really doesn't seem all that relevant apart from sounding > good; hell, the change in nice()'s return value appears to be a problem > for start-stop-daemon in dpkg, see #141500, and a minor problem with X, > see #140012. The nice() interface *did* change without versioning - it's > true that programs that relied on the old behaviour were buggy, but > there are plenty of such programs in Debian main and that is something > Debian developers should be aware of. Patting ourselves on the back is > great when it's justified, but I think it's somewhat counterproductive > when it isn't.
So, the change should be backed out. Why was glibc changed during this freeze? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
