RE: [avr-libc-dev] Inclusion of far pointer library(patch#6352)broke avr-libc build

[Weddington, Eric]

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> Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] Inclusion of far pointer 
> library(patch#6352)broke avr-libc build
> 
> As Weddington, Eric wrote:
> 
> > I have to emphatically agree with Joerg on all of this.
> 
> I wrote a preamble that is displayed for any new patch tracker items,
> and added a reference to my mailing list article there.  (The article
> isn't archived yet, so I made a guess about its article number.  Will
> correct it if necessary, as soon as it actually appeared in the
> archives.)
> 
> > Unless there are any immediate objections, I will be preparing a
> > patch to remove these additional progmem.h features.
> 
> I'm neutral to this.  I don't mind it being in to encourage Jan of
> completing the patch submission, and provide the documentation later
> on.  However, as you've been applying the patch, Eric, it's of course
> your decision about keeping it or not.

No documentation, a HOWTO on AVR Freaks, and no discussion as to how these 
should work. I'd hate to put something in that we would then have to 
deprecate/remove later if this not the direction it should go in. And it's my 
fault for just blindly putting it in.

Eric