Bug#776557: debian-policy: Please clarify 2.5 'unix heritage >= important'
Hi,
On Thu Jan 29, 2015 at 21:36:11 +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Bill Allombert:
> > > > On the other hand, ed scripts are still in use:
> > > > - by diff
> > >
> > > Reasonable people have been using "diff -u" for the last umpteen years.
> >
> > Why so much drama ? I am sure you did not intend to call me unreasonnable, yet
> > your post suggests it.
> >
> No, of course that was not intended. The intent was merely to state that
> ed-as-an-interpreter-for-diff is *way* obsolete.
>
> > It is unfortunate it is not possible for diff to default to -u (or even -c)
> > without breaking backward compatility (including POSIX compatility).
> >
> Right. :-/
>
can we get back to my question of either clarifying 2.5 or updating that
text? I find the definition of "What on earth is going on, where is
foo?" not very helpful to define if a package is important or not.
Cheers,
Martin
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