Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:54:42 -0500 From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mozilla vs. nspr Message-ID: <200501031354.42541.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <1104777629.60878.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <200501030349.j033nMxC082033@corbulon.video-collage.com> <1104777629.60878.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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> > However, can't the devel/nspr be brought up to date instead? Having each > > port install its own seems wrong and will lead to the "DLL hell" often > > found on Microsoft systems... > > devel/nspr is up-to-date with the official external nspr released from > Mozilla (4.4.1). This is what is required by nss 3.9.2, and used by > ports such as Evolution and Gaim. A terrible situation with a sloppy vendor... Would it hurt Evolution/Gaim and other users of the devel/nspr port, if we were to add latest updates to it? The "official" 4.4.1 is over a year old, and can, probably, be considered "abandoned" now... Yours, -mi
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