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Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release
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Greg Troxel |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release |
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Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:56:55 -0500 |
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"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:
> Greg Troxel <address@hidden>:
>> I don't think that's true. I've packaged quite a few things and
>> maintained many more (within pkgsrc), and I can't name another one.
>
> Gary cited another one correctly; Linux versions of the XML-Docbook
> toolchain do this.
That merely shows that there is another, not that it's normal.
>> gpsd here seems to have a typical problem of many projects, where it
>> views itself as very special, and worthy of deviating from norms.
>
> GPSD is, in cold fact, that special. It's used in life-critical navigation
> and IFF systems. This justifies extraordinary measures to get something
> as basic as the time right.
You've made my point even more strongly than I could have :-)
Assuming your argument, what's the justification for fetching at build
time instead of periodically at run time? Or having a separate
leapseconds package that can be updated immediately when there's a new
Bulletin C, independently of gpsd code status?
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- [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/11/24
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Greg Troxel, 2013/11/24
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Greg Troxel, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release,
Greg Troxel <=
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Greg Troxel, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Hal Murray, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Eric S. Raymond, 2013/11/26
- Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Hal Murray, 2013/11/26
Re: [gpsd-dev] Planning a 3.11 snap release, Greg Troxel, 2013/11/24