On 11/30/2015 06:46 PM, Saint Michael wrote: > why don't we just go ahead and do it?
not everything which can be done makes sense to do, and even less if the functionality is already there. Comparison: someone is always going to his favourite Italian restaurant for its tasty pizza and pasta. Someone else tells the cook "hey, you got a nice kitchen - why don't you also make steaks?". And then the restaurant has steaks, and burgers, and a lot more, too. Yes, there is nothing wrong until now, but then the first person comes back ... and has to wonder why the great pizza and the fabulous pasta do taste like old shoes. Thus said, we are of course not opposed to improve things in coreutils, but we hate to potentially make things worse for the other users - even in future. The problem is, the restaurant from the example above can easily decide to go back and print a new menue just the other day with all the superb dishes - while we have to care about compatibility. Have a nice day, Berny
