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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.6-pre2 IDE cleanup 16
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>> It can't be older then 2.5.4 becouse before it just wasn't there.
> 
> 
> Old is a few days-a week on my time scale but the post i am referring to 
> is going at least a month or so back. And of course it can be older, you 
> seem to be forgetting that Andre's IDE patches have been around for a 
> _long_ time now for 2.4.x...

But is a short time ago that IDE problems appeared in 2.4.18...
Please just have a look at the actual code in ide-taskfile.c
and ask yourself whatever it is *really* stable and usable.
Using an editor with syntax highlighting for code
parts commented out by #if 0 .. #endif will reveal most of
the trouble instantly.

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