Re: Questions about patch

[Gary Setter]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Eggert" <address@hidden>
To: "Gary Setter" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: Questions about patch


> "Gary Setter" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Maybe instead of expecting all the libraries and users to
change
> > to make patch work, we should change patch so that it works
with
> > things as they are now.
>
> GNU patch is being developed for the GNU project, whose goal is
to
> develop a complete UNIX style operating system that is free
software.
> Porting to non-UNIX platforms is not a primary goal for us, and
we
> typically won't bother with the porting hassle if it
significantly
> distracts us from our main work.  If you'd like to fix GNU
patch to
> work on your Microsoft Windows system, you are of course free
to
> modify it to do so.  However, you shouldn't expect us to do the
work,
> or even to be particularly worried about the porting problems
you're
> encountering.

Sir,
Who said anything about doing the work.
Respecfully
Gary Setter