Bug#301030: can we move lndir to coreutils or debianutils?

[Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 03:15:46PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> [2005.03.23.1509 +0100]:
> > If it's useless for everybody in general, I'd think it should go into
> > coreutils upstream.  (readlink moved from debianutils to coreutils,
> > BTW).
> 
> useful you mean... i think it's useful. specifically for users of
> make-kpkg and zope's new dzhandle. I could probably come up with
> other examples.

Then I think you should propose it to bug-coreutils@gnu.org for
inclusion along with a pointer to it.  However, please check the
copyright (I heard it is MIT X) and maybe the copyright holder, as the
FSF is doing copyright assignments.  In the worest case, they tell us
somebody needs to rewrite it who has copyright assignments for coreutils
on file, either because of copyright assignment or coding style issues.

Also, best to add some rationale why this is needed and which use-cases
profit from it.


cheers,

Michael