Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:43:05 -0600 From: Warner Losh <wlosh@bsdimp.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: pfg@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS-UP] BSD sort is the default sort in -CURRENT Message-ID: <61AEEA87-2AD8-4174-A282-B093EA12BBA6@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4FEB1F20.8010704@FreeBSD.org> References: <1340807413.83238.YahooMailClassic@web113515.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4FEB1F20.8010704@FreeBSD.org>
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On Jun 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Doug Barton wrote: > So can we please stop pretending that it's me who's the problem, and > start looking at these things rationally? What is your short list of issues? =46rom a high level there appear to = be none, but the devil is in the details, eh? =46rom earlier in the thread, bsdsort and gnu sort are compatible. old, = crunchy, unmaintained gnu sort that we have in the tree isn't compatible = with either new gnu sort nor bsdsort. this means it isn't compatible = with what the linux crowd is using, which is another consideration given = the number of shell scripts that originate there these days. Warner
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