Re: Bug#655712: ITP: template -- environment variable expander | simple template tool

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 02:55:06PM +0100, Michael Stummvoll wrote:
>On 13.01.2012 14:52, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>Why do we need this? Does it need to be a separate package for a
>>very simple utility program?
>do you think it has better chances to get in a package like moreutils
>instead of as own?

That would be a better place, yes. But:

 * There's no license statement anywhere in the code or accompanying
   files

 * I don't really see how this program is more useful than a very
   simple shell (or perl, or python, or ...) loop to do the same
   thing.

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