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<blockquote data-history-content-modified="1" dir="ltr" style="border-left:solid #aaaaaa 2px; margin-left:5px; padding-left:5px; direction:ltr; margin-right:0px" >----- Original message -----<br>From: Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users <cfarm-users@lists.tetaneutral.net><br>Sent by: "cfarm-users" <cfarm-users-bounces@lists.tetaneutral.net><br>To: GCC Compile Farm Users <cfarm-users@lists.tetaneutral.net><br>Cc: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [cfarm-users] Installing emacs on GCC119/AIX<br>Date: Wed, Oct 11, 2017 8:22 AM<br>
<div><font face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" size="2" >>> So having a very powerful machine in the farm, that sits idle<br>>> most of the time because it has very few regular users, feels like a<br>>> waste of resources.<br>><br>> And my point is that if we said "no thanks" to IBM and told them we<br>> don't want it, we aren't going to get something else from them in its<br>> place.<br>><br>> A free AIX server that sits mostly idle is still more useful than no server.<br><br>+1<br><br>I've also found that using unique compilers (XL/C) and unique<br>platforms (AIX) helps make the code more portable and reveal some<br>assumptions made in code. With problems identified we can move to fix<br>them. That benefits free software projects and free software users.<br><br>I think you can look at the issues with libintl in one of two ways.<br>The first is, screw it because it is not our free software. This<br>frustrates users of the free software. The second is, there's a gap<br>that can be closed. This improves the free software and ensures it<br>"just works".<br><br>This second strategy helps ensure free software is a viable candidate<br>on any platform, and it can be used to displace non-free projects.<br><br>For what its worth, I don't think the issue is unique to libintl.<br>There's other free software projects that have trouble on occasion.<br><br>Jeff<br>_______________________________________________<br>cfarm-users mailing list<br>cfarm-users@lists.tetaneutral.net<br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.tetaneutral.net_listinfo_cfarm-2Dusers&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=cefVS8dLwYZWxbk9ckJ60YjRhHBt4QRfr9hmyKKlpOE&m=Hw7Sogpl7U6lzV2aCrXE3w12W-nq722SrjQIgXhVZfU&s=WfsJ0-ziv1lSbnwC3isXqKCc4A2zXo92qhi3IPnuob8&e=" target="_blank" >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.tetaneutral.net_listinfo_cfarm-2Dusers&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=cefVS8dLwYZWxbk9ckJ60YjRhHBt4QRfr9hmyKKlpOE&m=Hw7Sogpl7U6lzV2aCrXE3w12W-nq722SrjQIgXhVZfU&s=WfsJ0-ziv1lSbnwC3isXqKCc4A2zXo92qhi3IPnuob8&e=</a></font><br> </div></blockquote>
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