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LYNX-DEV divergent development (was problem compiling 2-8)
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Philip Webb |
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LYNX-DEV divergent development (was problem compiling 2-8) |
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Mon, 2 Mar 1998 02:06:47 -0500 (EST) |
980301 Scott McGee wrote:
> Michael Sokolov wrote:
> >One of the first things I'll add is PROPER support for DOS
> >and Windows v3.xx using DOSSOCK.
> Instead of creating a divergent version, why not code you support for DOS
> and Win3.x and submit the diffs. If they aren't accepted for integration
> into the current code set, then you have good reason to consider a divergent
> set, but maybe they would be, and people wouldn't have to try to figure out
> which code set offered the best advantages for DOS/Win3.x users.
>
> That is one reason I am glad that Tom made the mods he did to try and
> adress Fote's concerns with Internal Links. Fote was adamant that he would
> not support a code set with that in it, and the dev code offers a lot of
> advantages. People would have had to choose between autoconf and DOS/Win
> versions or SSL support. Hopefully, Fote will now accept the 2.8 version
> as usable to him and support SSL for it. I suspect that was part of Tom's
> motivation in doing the changes.
could we all please try to change the SUBJECT whenever the subject changes?
my compile problem is genuine & serious & shouldn't get mixed up
with another thread about something quite different & also serious.
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