On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 08:40:12AM -0300, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > On 15-09-2014 22:55, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > And perhaps we are getting a little too free-and-easy with what > > goes into 7.6 - it is good to know of this dependency, but as you > > say there are pros and cons. > > The reason I modified it, was not just because I wanted to. > That comment of mine was actually aimed more generally - at new versions of packages getting ticketed for 7.6. Some of these will contain important fixes, others will contain less-important fixes (updated translations - low risk, but perhaps there are other changes not mentioned and which might cause trouble).
> During the discussions (dev and ticket, IIRC), it was mentioned not only > once that SQLite should be removed from Tcl, either because we do it > with other packages, or because ArchLinux developers do it. Then, I > concluded we were facing a bug in BLFS and it should be urgently fixed > before the 7.6 release, and used ArchLinux as example. > > So, it was not a free-and-easy decision, I think. > I agree with your analysis. > After David (who I much respect and like, and am forever in debt, after > he fixed LO) mentioned the problem with that solution, I asked him if > other possibilities could be considered. As of writing this message, > still got no reply. > > The reversion I did yesterday is not my preferred one, just wanted to > run out of the problem. But in my particular machines, I will *remove* > SQLite from Tcl, because to the best of my knowledge, the own developers > fear it and *it is useless*, perhaps something they are developing for > future use. > For me and my machines, TCL in BLFS has exactly one use - to enable gitk (and I don't use that often). So, I'm not too concerned about it. Sqlite, OTOH, is a basic part of desktop infrastructure and we prefer the system version. I'm sure the subject will come up again, and at that time I might be less willing to go with "leave it as it was". ĸen -- Nanny Ogg usually went to bed early. After all, she was an old lady. Sometimes she went to bed as early as 6 a.m. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
