On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 08:42:59AM -0000, Simon wrote: > I would like to add my voice to those who find it perplexing that two- > and-a-half years have passed since the first reporting of this bug, and > still it remains outstanding. In particular, I am disappointed that the > version of grep in the LTS server distribution does not support pcre. > > Surely this is important enough to do something about?
Literally tens of thousands of bugs were resolved during the 8.04 cycle, but unfortunately it simply isn't possible to tend to every request, and Ubuntu developers (rightly) prioritize regressions and serious bugs over feature requests like this one. We appreciate the effort which has gone into preparing a patch to add this functionality, and it has not been forgotten. -- - mdz -- grep -P is not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
