Hello, On 2018-12-18 1:06 a.m., L A Walsh wrote:
So undocumented features are considered wishlist items in Gnu?
In your message you wrote: On 2018-12-18 12:11 a.m., L A Walsh wrote:
The request here is for the algorithm used by 'version-sort' be included in sort's manpage.
Thus it is a request for a future improvement - not a report about a bug in an existing program or a bug (=incorrect information) in the current manual. In the parlance of the DebBugs system, it is a "wishlist" item (as opposed to a bug), see here: https://debbugs.gnu.org/Developer.html#severities This item remains open ( https://bugs.gnu.org/33786 ). It is not closed as "notabug", and not rejected as "wontfix". Thus, it will stay active until someone takes the time to address the issue of documenting the algorithm, or until it is decided that there's no interest in such change. --- Regarding "undocumented feature", as I wrote in the previous message, the algorithm is well documented in other place online (and indeed, as you pointed, not documented in exact details in the coreutils manual). I think this is quite different from the typical definition of an "undocumented feature" (e.g. a hidden feature that is not intended to be used by most end-users). --- Then again, If you or anyone else have concrete suggestions to improve the manual, please do send a patch. regards, - assaf
