[Slackbuilds-users] specifying slackware version in the slackBuilds

[alkos333]

Robby,

There will always been suggestions to change/improve things in some
way.  You can always just say NO like you did this time around :).
Although I agree it could be useful in rare circumstances, I can never
see myself making any use of such addition in the near future.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Robby Workman <rworkman at slackbuilds.org> wrote:
> pkw wrote:
>
>
> > I didn't make the original request, but I piped in and offered to
> > do the work, so for my part I'm just making it clear I'm not trying
> > to make anyone's life harder.  I was completely satisfied with the
> > 1st response that it wouldn't get done.  I only offered to do the
> > work because Rob kinda put it out there that it was a way to get
> > it done.[0]
> >
> > In closing, slackbuilds.org is awesome.
> >
>
>
>  :)
>
>
>
>
> > [0] I still think it's a good idea.  Meaning; I didn't offer to to
> >    do the work for altruistic reasons, but because I wanted the
> >    feature, which I thought was the point of Rob's message.
> >
>
>
>  It was, but after more consideration and discussion with other admins,
>  we just don't see it as a truly useful addition, and there's actually
>  some opposition to it, so it's not going to happen.  It does create
>  a "slippery slope" toward adding/doing things that don't serve any
>  reasonable purpose, and we'd rather not take a plunge down that hill.
>  Sorry for the (unintentional) misleading message earlier.
>
>  -RW
>
>
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