On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:19:17AM -0400, Michael Tindal wrote: > Prominently does not necessarily imply causing the program to be > unusable. A one line message stating "This program was funded my > multiple sources; see the file CREDITS" would suffice. > > > Debian should not stomp all over the author's intentions if it is > > reasonably avoidable. The alternatives do not seem to have been > > adequately explored.
Maybe someone with a little knowledge of C could add a -q --quiet parameter to the debian source? Then the default behaviour would be to honour Hans Reiser's wishes to the full extent. People needing to have a quiet run (from scripts or whatever could deliberately suppress the messages. Using the -q switch implies that you know the contents of the accreditation, but do not wish your scripts to be let in on the secret as well. Unfortuneately I do not program C. Cheers, -- Lars Bahner: http://lars.bahner.com/; Voice: +4792884492; Fax: +4792974492 Key fingerprint = A913 7B54 E5FC 804D C12B 18DE 493D 83DE 5DE6 C5D6
