---- Original Message ---- From: "T. Mike Howeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:54 PM Subject: [xmail] Re: Updated AV filter for Linux online now
> <soapbox> > this is a software maintenance issue. labeling it 116 denotes the > first version with which it is compatible; this is the correct way to > label such changes (altho, granted, maybe 115 should actually be > "13", and perhaps the format of the labels should have been chosen so > that they could be directly compared against each other within the > source code, but those decisions are implementation details). > at any rate, software developers don't go back through all of their > code and relabel mods when a new, but compatible, version of an > ancilliary component is released; that would be unmanageable. (most > ways of using those definitions in source code would break once a new > version was released). perhaps in this case, the phrasing of the > config option "our $xmail_version =" is the real problem. maybe "our > $xmail_filter_architecture =" would be less confusing. but the > current labeling is entirely defensible. </soapbox> > But the lables could be anything could they not? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
