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List: coreutils-bug
Subject: bug#11044: only an RFE now (was bug & RFE)
From: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-04-05 14:16:57
Message-ID: CAKRnqNLMcP75up7o_9LLZUNPJs30M_qqpDoOM+rcQVhFropCQg () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Jim,
The bug was the sym link issue on the web site, since corrected.
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> wrote:
> If no one replies after a few days, it's best to presume
> that your message requires more than casual feedback, and
> that those inclined to provide feedback have not found time.
Sorry. I was getting antsy because days were becoming weeks.
> The number of conditions in the above description is a red flag.
I didn't really like the maybe-its-a-number-maybe-a-file thingy either.
I did it because someone asked me to make it more BSD compatible.
I chose to then add that compatibility rather than go extra review rounds.
Oh, well. The number of conditions was to avoid a "fmt 72" problem
when there was a file named "72". BSD (and Plan9?) is less careful.
> Adding a new goal-specifying option sounds fine,
I'll strip down the patch.
> IMHO, it is best not to emulate such an interface.
Let's not get into vehement agreement on this and just agree to agree.
> - the fmt patch is incomplete (no doc, news, tests)
No news and no tests, but the doc was there.
Cheers - Bruce
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