bug#33786: Bug: undocumented feature (algorithm) for version-sort (include on manpage)

2018-12-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
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 req

bug#33786: Bug: undocumented feature (algorithm) for version-sort (include on manpage)

2018-12-18 Thread L A Walsh
I wouldn't consider debian to be a standards organization. Perhaps they should get their version sort adopted by POSIX? But having algorithms that read: use ascii sort for this field if after a character in this list []. but use numeric sort for this field if after this list []. but use an inde

bug#33786: Bug: undocumented feature (algorithm) for version-sort (include on manpage)

2018-12-18 Thread Assaf Gordon
tags 33786 notabug severity 33786 wishlist retitle 33786 doc: sort: document Debian's version-sort algorithm stop Hello, On 2018-12-18 12:11 a.m., L A Walsh wrote: meaning that if one is going to put a Debian sort into a general purpose tool like "sort", then the algorithm really needs to be d

bug#33786: Bug: undocumented feature (algorithm) for version-sort (include on manpage)

2018-12-18 Thread L A Walsh
So undocumented features are considered wishlist items in Gnu? On 12/18/2018 12:04 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote: tags 33786 notabug severity 33786 wishlist retitle 33786 doc: sort: document Debian's version-sort algorithm stop Hello, On 2018-12-18 12:11 a.m., L A Walsh wrote: meaning that if o