From owner-cvs-all Mon Aug 23 8:57:28 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C74E14DED; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:57:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA21723; Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:54:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:54:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199908231554.LAA21723@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Nick Hibma , Chris Costello , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls ls.c In-Reply-To: <46140.935393402@axl.noc.iafrica.com> References: <46140.935393402@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk < said: > It appears to have been wise to hold off on an MFC, because Chris > Costello has raised an objection to my violation of the OpenGroup Single > UNIX specification. Slavish adherence to this specification is not worth the miniscule gain -- particularly when some of the things it requires are completely bogus. In this project we at least try to do the objectively Right Thing even if the Wrong Thing has been standardized. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message