Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> * src/ptx.c (usage): Remove mention of --copyright/-C.
>> (main): Alias --copyright to --version plus a deprecation
>> warning.
>> * NEWS: Mention this.
>
> That one looks fine to me, except I w
Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> How about if we alias it to --version, and deprecate it? That would
...
> + ptx's --copyright (-C) option is scheduled for removal in 2007, and
> + now evokes a warning. Use --version instead.
Thanks. Applied.
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Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * src/ptx.c (usage): Remove mention of --copyright/-C.
> (main): Alias --copyright to --version plus a deprecation
> warning.
> * NEWS: Mention this.
That one looks fine to me, except I wouldn't promise we'll remove
it in 2007. Jim
> How about if we alias it to --version, and deprecate it? That would
> avoid breaking anything depending on "ptx -C". (Admittedly unlikely,
> but it's nicer to give users some warnings about changes like this.)
How about this?
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Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is it time to retire 'ptx --copyright' in favor of the standard
> --version/--help used by all the other coreutils? If so, I can prepare a
> patch that removes this redundant option, and touches up NEWS and
> coreutils.texi a
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> How about if we alias it to --version, and deprecate it? That would
> avoid breaking anything depending on "ptx -C". (Admittedly unlikely,
> but it's nicer to give users
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Is it time to retire 'ptx --copyright' in favor of the standard
- --version/--help used by all the other coreutils? If so, I can prepare a
patch that removes this redundant option, and touches up NEWS and
coreutils.texi accordingly.
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