[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread Tim Ruehsen
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #54826 (project wget): Oh good point, we forgot it so far :-) At least we have to add the Copyright and bug report lines. The Wgetrc/Locale/Compile/Link stuff should be ok with a different option, e.g. --version in combination with --debug or so. __

[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread J
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #54826 (project wget): Good link, thank you. at least wget2 --version doesn't have this. Let's hope no one adds it to wget2! ;-) ___ Reply to this item at: __

[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread Tim Ruehsen
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #54826 (project wget): The best reason to *keep* that ouput is that is was put like that ~10years (or maybe 20 ?) ago. There are production scripts out there that parse the output of wget --version. Apart from that, you are right. And I wish we could just drop bw compat.

[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread J
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #54826 (project wget): There is no reason to cling to old output, just because it was put that way ~10 years ago. Evolution, and rationalisation are vital for software. Unfortunately in software engineering there are engineers unwilling to change, that really holds back

[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread Darshit Shah
Update of bug #54826 (project wget): Status:None => Wont Fix Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Sure, you've shown tha

[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread J
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #54826 (project wget): wget is a user application. No other GNU package clutters the --version output in such a manner. What's the rationale for dumping the build config into the --version output? I can't see any valid reason to keep build config output there. jonny@asus

[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread Darshit Shah
Update of bug #54826 (project wget): Severity: 3 - Normal => 1 - Wish ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Why exactly? As a developer I like that information in the --version output since it gives me clear

[Bug-wget] [bug #54826] too much output on wget --version

2018-10-12 Thread J
URL: Summary: too much output on wget --version Project: GNU Wget Submitted by: now3d Submitted on: Fri 12 Oct 2018 09:55:35 AM UTC Category: None Severity: 3 - Normal