On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 11:40:34AM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >
> > > Might I advice some more time before we actually do something?
> > >
> > > What's all this rush-it-in before anyone can actually fix the larger
> > > problem?
> > >
> > I'm positive about this as well.
> >
>
> The main reason for the backout isn't the xinstall problem, as this
> is a non-problem (it only affects a small window of -current users).
> The reason for adopting a fall back solution it that it is not clear that
> setflags/getflags is the best choice of function name for manipulating
> file flags as it's a bit too generic a name. Whilst we're debating
> this point there's no point in having them as library calls for
> 4.0. We can return to this point later, maybe when someone else
> wants to use them in another tool. On the way, we'll fix the xinstall
> problem and give you guys time and space to work the build/install glue
> post 4.0. There's no need to rush a fix in.
>
> I'm going to wait until tomorrow evening to commit this so that
> everyone gets a chance to read this and understand what's going
> on. (That's 24 - 36 hours from now.)
>
Not everyone reads C like they read, say, Latin. It would be most kind
for those people if the changes were accompanied by some directions
for what to do if you built in the last week of confusion. Many
thanks!
> The patch is included as an attachement.
>
> Joe
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