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On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 04:23:16PM +1000, George Michaelson wrote:
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> Confusing people is one thing.=20
>=20
> Breaking #if logic is another.
>=20
> Dealing with code is about a different kind of POLA than with people.
>=20
> When I find code won't make because of cpp problems, its very
> depressing. The track record for re-syncing changes into larger systems
> (X11?) isn't brilliant here. GCC for instance, could be expected to take=
=20
> a while to bed in a significant alteration of how >=3D logic works for=20
> tuning the outcome of that code-make process.
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> I very much hope that you can come up with a fix which works for both
> code and people, but if not, I'd suggest that making it work for code
> matters more.

We get to choose how we map text NetBSD version numbers into numbers for=20
comparison, so we can always choose something that works.

Also, note that checking version numbers is still questionable. We have=20
multiple branches of development, and some features get pulled from one to=
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another. I remember we had one tool recently that was added, then pulled=20
to 2.0, then pulled to 1.6. So 1.6Z didn't have this tool, nor did 2.0A,=20
but 1.6.3 will.

Take care,

Bill

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