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Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Segfault with PHP and bison 1.875(a)


From: Martin Schlemmer
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Segfault with PHP and bison 1.875(a)
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:19:38 +0200

On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 19:19, Wez Furlong wrote:
> > > Just don't use bison 1.875....
> > If you can't help us solve the problem, fine; but please don't
> > discourage other people from helping.
> 
> Step back a moment and consider...
> 
> The original response to this issue from the bison people was the
> not very encouraging "thou shalt not use the skeleton file".
> 
> I wasn't aware that you were one of the bison people, so I was
> offering you the time-saving advice of using a known-good version,
> because the bison team had made it apparent in the past 
> that they were not interested in fixing the problem.
> 
> If you had said something along the lines of "Hey, I'm one of the bison
> guys and I'm looking into this bug you brought up in the past" that
> would have identified you as a bison-clueful person (I'm sure you're
> aware that there aren't many people that are), then I would not have
> bothered to waste my time helping you, and not have needed to sit
> here and write this email either.
> 

Point is ... If somebody do try to fix a bug, do not do the:

 'look at me, look at me'

thing.


Thanks,

-- 

Martin Schlemmer



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