On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 15:50 +0100, John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > > > A heavily patched programme is a messy compromise for system options > > which could be handled by run-time configuration options ? > But without patches, you're either bound to an old version, or have to track > upstream exactly. What if you don't want to? So, if I understand the situation, patches create flexibility in run-time options not available in run-time configuration files ? Paul.