Hi again, Patrick Schoenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 09:09:09PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >> If you're serious about it, and can sign a copyright assignment, >> please look through the coreutils contribution/style guidelines >> http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=HACKING;hb=HEAD >> and make the following changes/additions: > > I was a bit sceptic about this copyright assignment and wondered why the > HACKING file does not include any link to [1]. Just as a suggestion
What's [1] ? > cause I think some people might find uneasy about this ("what cow is it > that I am buying?"). > >> - see if some other md5/md5sum program has a similar option > > I do not understand that. Which other programs do you mean? > Utilities in other operating systems, e.g. BSDs md5sum or what do you > mean? What rationale is behind this? Exactly. Do any of the NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, etc. programs (sometimes called "md5") have an option to do this? If there *is* another program with this functionality, then you'd have a good argument for adding a short-named option: to be compatible with it. If not, then no new short-named options, on principle: there will be less risk of conflict with other vendors or evolving/future standards. >> - follow instructions in HACKING regarding copyright assignment >> start this right away, since it'll take at least two weeks >> - make your changes relative to the latest in git (see HACKING) >> - add a NEWS entry >> - update doc/coreutils.texi > > OK. Will work on this (and the testcases) soon. Mail to assign@ has > already been sent. Great! >> - remove the -p short option > > Thats no problem, but just out of curiosity (and to avoid further > mistakes) is there a specific reason for it? Do you fear that people > could confuse it with 'preserve' option as seen on other tools, even > though md5sum does not have something like this? No. see above. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]