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Re: [PATCH 3/7] use gnulib to print --help and --version
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Reuben Thomas |
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Re: [PATCH 3/7] use gnulib to print --help and --version |
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Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:22:35 +0000 |
On 11 January 2014 23:20, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:
> Maybe the question is if the use of gnulib module version-etc-fsf
> should be recommended or not.
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> FWIW, I don't use it, even though I maintain a FSF-copyrighted packages
> (Texinfo), because when I tried it wanted to force too much on me --
> sorry, don't recall specifics now. That is why I didn't use it in
> Hello, either.
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> Also, most (purely numerically speaking) GNU packages are not
> copyright FSF.
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> I am in favor recommending unified look & style of --help
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> Sure, but I am also in favor of not redundantly specifying program
> names.
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(My point was that I don't think the version-etc-fsf module does force you
to be redundant.)
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