Re: ITP dos2unix 5.2.1-1

["Roger K. Wells" <ROGER dot K dot WELLS at saic dot com>]

On 03/17/2011 03:56 PM, Erwin Waterlander wrote:
> Op 17-3-2011 17:57, Charles Wilson schreef:
> > Final point: I realize nobody wants to maintain a non-upstreamable
> > forked version of software.  Everybody wants to be able to build
> > software on cygwin out of the box.
> >
> > So...if the upstream people really really hate --follow/--no-follow and
> > won't accept it, then maybe an all-at-once change here on cygwin would
> > be okay.  Ditto --safe.
> >
> > But...that's not an issue here, because *you* are the "upstream people"!
> >
> > So let's rephrase: What is the "upstream" objection to providing a few
> > new options, with no change in upstream's current default behavior:
> >
> >     --follow    follow symbolic links and modify the pointed-to
> >                     file. This differs from --force, which breaks
> >                     the symbolic link, replaces it with a local
> >                     copy, and modifies the copy. If --force, then
> >                     --follow has no effect.
> >
> >     --no-follow    do not follow symbolic links.  If --force, then
> >                     --no-follow has no effect.
> > ...
> >     --safe          Do not modify binary files; opposite of --force.
> >                     (default)
> >
> > Time to create the patch?  Patch requires too many internal changes that
> > are too ugly, due to internal architecture (can't imagine this is the
> > objection to --safe; that's a two-liner)?  Style?
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I'm willing to maintain patches for Cygwin, to make the transition 
> easier. But if there is no chance that the package gets accepted, I 
> rather save myself the trouble.
My 2cents worth:  I for one look forward to the new package.  All of the 
software we develop runs on both platforms and I personally use the 
dos2unix, etc tools often.  Same tools on both platforms gets my vote 
anytime.
roger wells

> best regards,
>
> Erwin
>
>
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