On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 02:47:39PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:20:38PM +0200, Paul Wise wrote: > > It is also impossible to patch the binary format unlike SQL. > > Interesting. For the first time, I've realised there can be a clash between > "preferred form for modification" and "preferred form for use".
I mean, not really, right? If I want to use a .so, I want the ELF, but I want to modify it in C This just means we ship the prefered form for use (this binary kruft) but ship the preferred form for modification in the source. Cheers, Paul -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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