Re: [patch] Re: Linux 2.4.5-ac6

Maciej W. Rozycki (macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl)
Thu, 7 Jun 2001 20:31:46 +0200 (MET DST)


On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote:

> > Note that personally I'm strongly against the -taso approach -- it's a
> > hack to be meant as an excuse for fixing broken programs.
>
> Exactly. However, there are situations when you have only two options:
> rewrite from scratch or use -taso. Netscape vs. mozilla is a good example. :-)

Why can't mozilla be fixed? With the -taso option there is actually less
encouragement to do so.

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