On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 07:33:25AM +0100, Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > > I'm planning to drop the two separate expect packages (expect5.24 and > > expect5.31) and create a single "expect" package with the current version. > > An automated upgrade path will be provided. [...] > How compatible are the two? i.e. why was the split done in the first > place? Maybe it's worth uploading the new one (and getting rid of > expect5.31), but leaving 5.24 around for a couple of weeks in case there is > a compatibility problem?
The split predates my maintainership, though I'm planning to ask the previous maintainer... I may keep 5.24 around for a bit, but my main motivations are that: a) with all the issues of tcl breakage between versions, I have enough of the "several versions of the same software" packages to deal with b) expect5.24 5.30.1-7 is getting into the area of "ugly and confusing", and updating the name of the package w/each release sounds as fun as needles in my eyeballs :) Basically, I don't really feel like maintaining two expects along with three (possibly soon four) tcls and tks, a couple of itcls, etc... so unless someone actually finds utility from the old one that they can't get from the new one, I'd like to get rid of it. -- Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: 0x3B047084 7FC7 0DC0 EF31 DF83 7313 FE2B 77A8 F36A 3B04 7084 You! What PLANET is this! - McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0
