|--==> "AJR" == A J Rossini <rossini(a)blindglobe.net&gt; writes: VS> But what are those modules good for anyway? AJR> They are very useful for third party maintainers like myself. There you go, Ville. To me, that's a good enough reason to keep modules up to date. :-) Thanks Tony. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

VS> On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 10:14, Steve Youngs wrote: VS> But what are those modules good for anyway? AJR> They are very useful for third party maintainers like myself. >> There you go, Ville. To me, that's a good enough reason to keep >> modules up to date. :-) VS> Ok, me too, will try to remember 'em in the future. VS> (But still I'm curious why they're useful, because one can't build a VS> standalone package nor get the dependencies right...) But it's easier for me to commit from my codebase at home, where I've got limited bandwidth, and test at school where I've got a bit more horsepower and bandwidth. I don't particular want lots of stuff, just XEmacs and ESS around... -- A.J. Rossini Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics U. of Washington Biostatistics rossini(a)u.washington.edu FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net rossini(a)scharp.org -------------- http://software.biostat.washington.edu/ ---------------- FHCRC: M: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812)|Voicemail is pretty sketchy/use Email UW: Th: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286)|Change last 4 digits of phone to FAX (my tuesday/wednesday/friday locations are completely unpredictable.)