Re: Re: [UnixOS2] libc

Stefan Neis <neis-RCUrBZHvLvKSHq+C5vT0LZQlNPQFfrerqZSUQi4AVrg@public.gmane.org> Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:10:15 +0200 (CEST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.ide.emx.devel
Message-ID <Pine.GSO.4.21.0307081705270.4477-100000@cdc-ultra4.cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:

> I repeat:
> 
>   a) I know of no issue with 2.8.1 + dmake (but of course, this may be
> 	just ignorance).

While I agree, the problem is that whatever new source one adds (e.g.
Posix/2), it won't be happy with dmake. While mixing two different makes
is certainly possible, it's also possibly confusing.
 
> > it is (IMHO) necessary to have a _working_ release directly at the
> > beginning so we can revert to this working version if anything goes
> > wrong.
> 
> Again, I do not follow.  All the releases should be treated this way...

I suppose, that's the CVS point of view. Start CVS with something that's
working, so their is a solid grounding...

	Regards,
		Stefan