Re: [Bug 325193] New: Stripping of binaries

[Myles Green <rmg57 telus net>]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:04:03 +0100
Mark Rosenstand <mark borkware net> wrote:

> It seems it's all been a misunderstanding. Currently, there is no
> strip target in GAR (or there is, but it will only tell you that it
> isn't implemented yet.) That's why I suggested this way to do it, as
> "not implemented yet" implies that they want to implement it but
> haven't figured out how yet. ("They" probably being Nick Mofit & Co.
> and not the GARNOME developers, but I bet all are interrested in
> smaller packages and speed boosts.)

nod. I see your point.
 
> The big misunderstanding is that when I wrote:
> 
> "Anyway, the gmake porting of it is so ugly that I'd be embarrassed to
> show it. It would be nice if someone could do it properly."
> 
> ... I was talking of the way *I* had tried to convert it from sh to
> make. In other words: "I tried to do it, but it's too ugly to
> publish."

oh... I certainly did misunderstand you. Though you have to agree that
the fault is/was not entirely mine - you weren't very clear on that. 

> So it seems we all love each other anyway :-)

Aw shucks ;)
 
> In this case it was just a misunderstanding, but in general, if you're
> concerned about people's bandwidth, don't send hate mail to bug
> reports and avoid CC'ing the mailing list.

No, that was frustration, certainly not hate mail. There's way too much
hate going on in this world already...

Peace, Love, Goodwill.

Myles
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