Ralf Corsepius wrote:
On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 07:33 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:Benjamin Thery wrote:My question is: why does Fedora ships flex 2.5.4a and not a more recent one?Probably at least 1 of: * If it aint broke, don't fix it * No one has asked* Many flex versions > 2.5.4a had been too broken to be usable * Many flex versions > 2.5.4a had been too incompatible to flex-2.5.x * Many major packages have not been prepared for flex > 2.5.x
Probably explains why Benjamin noticed other distros with 2 flex packages (one old, one new). Perhaps someone could review possibilities of dually-installed flex pkgs, and submit the "new" one to Extras. (:
-- Rex