Date: 27 Jul 1998 17:43:10 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Peter Hawkins <thepish@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/time time.1 time.c Message-ID: <xzpiukj1er5.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Peter Hawkins's message of "Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:02:59 %2B1000 (EST)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980728000100.16941A-100000@dana.clari.net.au>
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Peter Hawkins <thepish@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > > I just committed the patch, don't throw dictionaries at the messenger... > I thought committers were not messengers? Aren't we responsible for > vetting/spellchecking/style management? I would like the -f excised > anyway but even if it stays, doesn't mean the patch has to go in verbatim :) I was also opposed to it; but it's been committed, and we've quarrelled about it long enough, so I suggest we just leave it in and stop arguing. Nonetheless, the patch is a kludge and the wording of the man page is clumsy at best. I'm working on correcting this (and changing the -f option to -o, which others have pointed out as the Right Thing) DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no
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