[DC LoCo] Please Explain This Bug

[Dan Chen]

On Jan 29, 2012 12:36 PM, "Ken Stailey" <kstailey at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dan Chen <seven.steps at gmail.com> wrote
>
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> > Firstly, that patch clearly is not maintainable for a standard release
>
> Upstream GNUtls has abandoned using libgcrypt so as soon as Ubuntu
upgrades to a future non-libgcrypt GNUtls this will cease to be a patch
they need to maintain.

That's relevant for 12.10 and future, probably, but certainly not any of
the supported releases or 12.04.

>
> > Secondly, while this particular set of manifestations seems critical to
> your use case, it is hardly chronic or specific to Ubuntu.
>
> Chronic Chron"ic, a. [L. chronicus, Gr. ? concerning time,
>  from ? time: cf. F. chronique.]
>  1. Relating to time; according to time.
>  [1913 Webster]
>
>  2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
>  [1913 Webster]

And?

If you think that problem is endemic and chronic, why not support fixing it
in a future release? Cheers.

-Dan
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