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Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7 |
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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:49:33 -0700 |
Jon Steinhart <address@hidden> writes:
>So in general I prefer packages that fix bugs and add features without breaking
>things because I'm trying to get other work done.
That's a desirable goal, but just one of multiple and conflicting goals.
Pushing your criterion to the limit, and applying the principle of
mathematical induction, it would mean that a Makefile that worked in 1970
should work today. It would make progress virtually impossible, particularly
for a system maintained entirely by volunteers.
Norman Shapiro
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, (continued)
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, norm, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7,
norm <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Andreas Wittkemper, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, norm, 2014/08/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jerrad Pierce, 2014/08/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, David Levine, 2014/08/18