$ ls --version
ls (GNU coreutils) 6.12
Packaged by ... some distro string here ...
That looks like the right place to me. I'd be tempted to put a blank
line between "Packaged by ..." and "Copyright ...".
Please include a url to your downstream coreutils package in the distro string.
This seems fine, but can we also include the information in --help,
which is what we did when we amended the coding standards a few days
ago? For instance, grep 2.5.4 --help ends with:
Report bugs to: bug-g...@gnu.org
GNU Grep home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
I suggest having another line such as
Gentoo Grep home page and bug reports: <http://whatever>
between "Report bugs to" and "GNU Grep home page".
Perhaps even the address in "Report bugs to:" should be changed also.
Perhaps that same line should be used in --version and --help. I assume
we're trying to get across the same information.
karl
