[artix-general] Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [artix-general] icu - run both versions

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Chris Cromer (chris at cromer.cl):

> And frankly I don't care what "Rick Moen" says, the truth is that
> those supposedly broken packages as you call them are linked to ICU
> when they were compiled and had to be recompiled to link against the
> new version of ICU.

For what it's worth, the gentleman is _not_ correctly paraphrasing what
I told him, when he consulted me in private mail.

The greater part of what I said to him was:  I advised him that he
should listen to your good advice about package management and you were
correct on that point.  Moreover, I cited where I've been giving that
same advice for decades, such as when I was a technical editor for
_Linux Gazette_, over many long years:
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/weatherwax.html#1

He persists in arguing against the need for packaging for particular
system software.  I said I was not going to repeat myself, but wished
him good luck.  (Which I wholeheartedly do.)

Thank you for Artix, a distribution I don't (yet) use, but do admire and
support.

-- 
Cheers,
Rick Moen                   "So, every time a new iPhone's about to come out,
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