On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:05:27AM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 04:25:43AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 03:28:46AM +0100, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > > "tar -xIvvf file.tar.bz2" has been in use under linux for over a year > > > by pretty much everybody. Even if the author never released it as > > > stable, all linux distributions did it. I think that should count > > > something. > > > > It tells a lot about the people making the distributions at least. > > Before making such snide comments, take a look at the changelog.Debian > entries relating to the switch from 1.13 to 1.13.x.
I see. Well, I don't think that Bdale did something wrong with including 1.13.x. But I find the reactions to the flag change shown here by some people quite inappropriate. When using unreleased software, people have to expect such changes, especially for non-standard extensions. It happens all the time. In any way, sorry for the snide comment, it didn't reflect what I wanted to say, and thanks Michael for correcting me. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de