Re: [PATCH 7/8] cksum: add --algorithm option to select digest mode

[Pádraig Brady]

On 08/09/2021 11:35, Jim Meyering wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 10:39 PM Pádraig Brady <P@draigbrady.com> wrote:
> > I need to add some NEWS for this one:
> >
> > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> > index d9ab04529..7c245f1a6 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- 
> > outline -*-
> >
> >    ** New Features
> >
> > +  cksum now supports the -a (--algorithm) option to select any
> > +  of the exiting sum, md5sum, b2sum, sha*sum implementations etc.
> > +  cksum now has the superset functionality of all these utilities,
> > +  and there will be no future standalone checksumming utilities introduced.
> > +
> >      expr and factor now support bignums on all platforms.
> >
> >      ls --classify now supports the "always", "auto", or "never" flags,
>
> Nit: s/exiting/existing/
>
> Also, maybe shorten and reword the final sentence to be active-voice?
> > cksum now subsumes all of these programs,
> > and coreutils will introduce no future standalone checksum utility.

Fixed up.

thanks!