From:	Jeff Weeks <pweeks AT execulink DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: ANNOUNCE: RHIDE 1.1 is available
Date:	29 Jan 1997 02:28:17 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Robert Hoehne wrote:
> 
> > Oh good. You are the first who says something about RHGDB. I thought
> > already about removing RHGDB from the binary distrib, because nobody said
> > something about it.
> 
> I would advise against removing RHGDB.  The DJGPP development experience
> shows that within hours of removing a feature, a report will be posted
> that requires that very feature to be reinstated.  You got lucky: in your
> case, the report appeared *before* that.  Since supporting an existing
> application (especially when nobody seems to use it, so there are no
> reported bugs) never hurts too much, I submit that no program should be
> ever removed from a package.

I agree.  Besides, I think RHGDB would be a great idea... that's why I'm
download RHIDE 1.1 soon.

Jeff

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