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Re: Questions about patch
From: |
Gary Setter |
Subject: |
Re: Questions about patch |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:09:49 -0500 |
----- 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
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