Re: rename strftime module

2017-07-24 Thread Bruno Haible
Paul Eggert wrote: > Thanks. Should there be an entry for this in gnulib/NEWS? Indeed. You're right. Pushed: diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6b81952..43401d2 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ * modules/strftime: New file, an obsolete indirection. *

Re: rename strftime module

2017-07-23 Thread Paul Eggert
Bruno Haible wrote: So I'm implementing it. Thanks. Should there be an entry for this in gnulib/NEWS?

Re: rename strftime module

2017-07-23 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi, This proposal from met agreement: > I'd suggest to rename 'strftime' to 'strftime-gnu' or 'nstrftime', and mark > the 'strftime' module obsolete for two years, then after two years remove it. > So that all users of this modu

Re: rename strftime module

2017-05-02 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 05/03/2017 12:30 AM, Bruno Haible wrote: >> What exactly do you mean by "fell into ..."? > > I mean that the bootstrap.conf requests the module 'strftime', whose benefit > is that it supports GNU extensions in the format string, but it does not get > used. > > 'nstrftime' is meant to lift thi

Re: rename strftime module

2017-05-02 Thread Bruno Haible
Bernhard Voelker wrote: > > 1) It suggests that it defines the function 'strftime', but in fact it > > defines 'nstrftime'. GNU findutils fell into this pit: their > > bootstrap.conf > > requests the gnulib 'strftime' module but the coded doesn't use > > nstrftime. > > What exactly d

Re: rename strftime module

2017-05-02 Thread Bernhard Voelker
[CC-ing bug-findut...@gnu.org] On 04/30/2017 04:53 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > The name of the strftime module is misleading: > 1) It suggests that it defines the function 'strftime', but in fact it > defines 'nstrftime'. GNU findutils fell into this pit: their > bootstrap.conf > reques

Re: rename strftime module

2017-04-30 Thread Jim Meyering
On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 11:53 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > I'd suggest to rename 'strftime' to 'strftime-gnu' or 'nstrftime', and mark > the 'strftime' module obsolete for two years, then after two years remove it. > So that all users of this module have enough time to notice the change. Good plan.

Re: rename strftime module

2017-04-30 Thread Paul Eggert
Bruno Haible wrote: I'd suggest to rename 'strftime' to 'strftime-gnu' or 'nstrftime', and mark the 'strftime' module obsolete for two years, then after two years remove it. So that all users of this module have enough time to notice the change. Makes sense to me.

Re: rename strftime module

2017-04-30 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 30/04/17 07:53, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi, > > The name of the strftime module is misleading: > 1) It suggests that it defines the function 'strftime', but in fact it > defines 'nstrftime'. GNU findutils fell into this pit: their > bootstrap.conf > requests the gnulib 'strftime' mod

rename strftime module

2017-04-30 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi, The name of the strftime module is misleading: 1) It suggests that it defines the function 'strftime', but in fact it defines 'nstrftime'. GNU findutils fell into this pit: their bootstrap.conf requests the gnulib 'strftime' module but the coded doesn't use nstrftime. 2) When we