_WHY_ does --disable-internal-sqlite (and the unknown versions of SQLite that follow) have to be supported ?
If package/OS maintainers insist on hacking in alien shared-lib SQLite, let them own their hacks and the repercussions. Call it a major version# bump, and remove that support. -bch On 1/2/14, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > The silly requirement of some distributions that *everything* must be a > shared library irks me beyond words. I hate having to support > --disable-internal-sqlite, and I hate having to add silly work-arounds in > the code to accommodate distributions trying to use an older SQLite with a > newer Fossil. This impedes progress and introduces bugs. It's a lose-lose > situation. And yet the distributions are dogmatic on this point. > > It's maddening. It makes my hair turn gray. It irks me more than seeing > the noun "data" used as a plural. Utter madness! > > But we live in a fallen world. We have to do it. Please go ahead and > merge..... > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Jan Nijtmans > <jan.nijtm...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 2014/1/1 Andy Bradford <amb-fos...@bradfords.org>: >> > ...I get this because I configure with --disable-internal-sqlite >> > on OpenBSD. >> >> Fixed here: >> <http://fossil-scm.org/index.html/info/c3211392da> >> >> The branch "timeline-utc" contains another >> --disable-internal-sqlite - related fix (making >> the "timeline-utc" option work). Before >> merging this to trunk I would like some >> more pairs of eyes having a look at it. >> >> Anyone? >> >> Many thanks! >> Jan Nijtmans >> _______________________________________________ >> fossil-users mailing list >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users >> > > > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > -- Brad Harder Method Logic Digital Consulting http://www.methodlogic.net/ http://twitter.com/bcharder _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
