Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:56:16 -0700 From: Bert JW Regeer <xistence@0x58.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Cc: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>, Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@exit2shell.com> Subject: Re: OpenBSD sdiff Question Message-ID: <DDDD5C00-9FBC-4A9C-9877-1BCBAEDEFCD8@0x58.com> In-Reply-To: <20080316062919.GB88526@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20080314231404.GB99765@scruffy.exit2shell.com> <20080315135916.GH68662@dracon.ht-systems.ru> <432044E0-812E-4C13-A62D-EEA7170DADB9@0x58.com> <20080316062919.GB88526@dragon.NUXI.org>
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--Apple-Mail-8--160290215 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mar 15, 2008, at 23:29 , David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 03:21:01PM -0700, Bert JW Regeer wrote: >> Even if BSD has no tradition to keep a separate program version, it >> is >> still very handy to be able to give this data to other developers if >> something is failing. > > $ ident failing-binary is the output that means something. A version > string will not. > > >> Programs that don't have a -v or --version switch are frustrating to > > Anyone used to working on BSD will not expect a -v switch. It isn't > part > of BSD tradition. The simple fact there is no obivous "version" to > print > just shows that in a OS that is developed and built as a whole, > having a > version on the util is meaningless. > >> Dropping -v would be a bad thing, and make the tools not compatible, >> thus breaking many scripts that do expect a -v. > > Come on, how many scripts do you write that do "sdiff -v" today? > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > I see the reasoning behind dropping it now. It certainly make sense as you and Peter Jeremy describe it, I have just never thought of it that way. Cheers, Bert JW Regeer --Apple-Mail-8--160290215--
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