I propose we use GNU sort (which has the same sorting order as any old sort(1) program) to sort the MANIFEST and only that program to sort the manifest. No vi, no emacs, no options to sort other than "-u" if there are duplicates.
It was sorted this way before, but anytime someone sorts it in their editor, it always has some difference (basically: line length differences and case-insensitivity). sort(1) is case sensitive by default which has the minor advantage of placing the capitalized files (README, Makefile, etc.) first in the listing. -- Daniel Quinlan http://www.pathname.com/~quinlan/
