Re: [PATCH] getdate: rename to get_date

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:
> Note: getdate.h is not renamed, to minimize client impact.
> Besides, whenever we eventually add getdate-posix, we'll
> want to use getdate.m4 and getdate.c for the implementation,
> but don't need to worry about getdate.h since getdate() uses
> <time.h> for its header.
>
> * modules/getdate: Mark obsolete.  Move old contents...
> * modules/get_date: ...to new module name.
> * modules/getdate-tests: Move...
> * modules/get_date-tests: ...here.
> * m4/getdate.m4: Move...
> * m4/get_date.m4: ...here, and rename gl_GETDATE to gl_GET_DATE.
> * lib/getdate.y: Move...
> * lib/get_date.y: ...here.
> * tests/test-getdate.c: Move...
> * tests/test-get_date.c: ...here.
> * doc/posix-functions/getdate.texi (getdate): Update name.
> * NEWS: Mention the change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
> ---
>
> I went with get_date, and not Bruno's parse-datetime.  Afterall,
> parse-duration supplies the parse_duration function, and
> get_date supplies the get_date function.

That is fine with me, and the result passes muster
when I s/getdate/get_date/ in coreutils' bootstrap.conf.

Thank you.