On Friday 21 November 2003 09:40, Eamon Caddigan wrote:
> I agree that there are a lot of potential issues involved with SLOTting
> this package. Unfortunately, the only alternatives -- a similarly
> massive effort to make sure everything works with the newest version, or
> sticking with an increasingly out-of-date package -- seem worse.

well, do any bugs exist in bugzilla about 8.4.4 ?
you could always bootstrap a stable system (after marking 8.4.4 stable 
locally) and see if everything works out.  ive been using 8.4.4 on my systems 
w/out problems ...

i'd agree with utx here on why trying to SLOT a package just because you want 
to compensate for a newer one being broken is the wrong path to take.

it's like when people suggested SLOTing openssl just because you have to 
recompile packages against the newer openssl ... it's a hack, not a solution.
-mike



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