bug#32250: ls -explain better the different times

2018-12-31 Thread kalle
hello, i'm happy that so much later someone cares about my bug-report. Am 31.12.2018 um 05:13 schrieb Assaf Gordon: > Hello, > > On 2018-07-23 9:54 a.m., kalle wrote: >> in the documentation of ls the concept of the different times is not >> explained sufficiently well (mtime, atime, ctime). I'm

bug#9614: date ignoring wrong TZ values

2018-12-31 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, On 2018-10-15 8:11 a.m., Assaf Gordon wrote: tags 9614 wontfix severity 9614 wishlist Changed my mind (and noticed that Paul removed the "wontfix" tag), so here goes... On 27/09/11 11:48 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: On 09/27/11 22:44, Sandro Santilli wrote: A warning/error message with h

bug#33787: Policy Change: Use of /etc/gnu.conf files to configure default system behavior

2018-12-31 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, On 2018-12-31 6:24 a.m., L A Walsh wrote: On 12/31/2018 4:23 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote: these are all tangents. The topic of this thread is adding support for a global configuration file.   That request is not likely to be implemented. One of the main points here was that some of

bug#33787: Policy Change: Use of /etc/gnu.conf files to configure default system behavior

2018-12-31 Thread L A Walsh
On 12/31/2018 4:23 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote: Hello, On 2018-12-31 4:36 a.m., L A Walsh wrote: On 12/20/2018 5:21 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote: If there was an "rm --depth-first" feature, --- If you would ensure that this is possible, you would have my gratitude. There seem to be some confu

bug#33915: ls / dircolors should support more than 8 colors

2018-12-31 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 29/12/18 18:10, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2018-12-30 02:21:15 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >> But one can get bright colors without bold by using 90, 91, etc. >> This is useful with gnome-terminal. >> >> I think that this should be documented. >> >> Support for more than 16 colors could be ni

bug#33787: Policy Change: Use of /etc/gnu.conf files to configure default system behavior

2018-12-31 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, On 2018-12-31 4:36 a.m., L A Walsh wrote: On 12/20/2018 5:21 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote: If there was an "rm --depth-first" feature, --- If you would ensure that this is possible, you would have my gratitude. There seem to be some confusion: this item was "#2" in my previous email,

bug#33787: Policy Change: Use of /etc/gnu.conf files to configure default system behavior

2018-12-31 Thread L A Walsh
On 12/20/2018 5:21 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote: For example, If there was an "rm --depth-first" feature, you could enable it easily with "alias" - right? --- If you would ensure that this is possible, you would have my gratitude. However, it is not the case. The algorithm USED to be dept

bug#32250: ls -explain better the different times

2018-12-31 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello Paul, On 2018-12-31 1:05 a.m., Paul Eggert wrote: Assaf Gordon wrote: Attached is an improvement suggestion, adding a summary table, and details examples. Comments and feedback welcomed, Thank you for reviewing and providing feedback - goes to show that things aren't that easily clear

bug#32250: ls -explain better the different times

2018-12-31 Thread Paul Eggert
Assaf Gordon wrote: Attached is an improvement suggestion, adding a summary table, and details examples. Comments and feedback welcomed, I'm afraid that table goes into so much detail that it will overwhelm the user. Why, for example, have separate lines for chmod and chown? Also, some of t