From owner-svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 10:06:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3A01065672; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 10:06:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@nagilum.org) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D0148FC0A; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 10:06:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net (krlh-4d0376d5.pool.mediaWays.net [77.3.118.213]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LwSnT-1PtL7M1S6Z-018NPX; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:53:47 +0200 Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79E956794E; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 11:53:38 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on cakebox.tis X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix, from userid 80) id 292EF6781A; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 11:53:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from krlh-4d0376d5.pool.mediaWays.net (krlh-4d0376d5.pool.mediaWays.net [77.3.118.213]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:53:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20110402115336.37394ztrsha7r58o@cakebox.homeunix.net> Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:53:36 +0200 From: Alexander To: Xin LI References: <201104011823.p31INiHv055195@svn.freebsd.org> <20110402015552.GA32901@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Dynamic Internet Messaging Program (DIMP) H3 (1.1.6) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:6MkYu8xJUuHw4/usA+0z1nDQR1k5imtu7Qd9I3sdLOt ev6EbW5Jwc/wyrktxGhy64zQnpy2mPVxPdmuGE0pquQxLgYD6N zuJzP1g4J9eGp0wACttnewxdEnz2V8JrtgQf5r667bvkrDPAod Jud9lC1Yjjqogq9j74IMxj6s6KOQZXqKBtcm9m+R8eW9dC2QCi hQJTH5cpiBd3hZ2jrwTKXrqX6JbLypqFrZsOkBkBbw= Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev Subject: Re: svn commit: r220250 - in stable/8: bin/test tools/regression/bin/test X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for all the -stable branches of the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:06:27 -0000 The downside is that one may end up writing scripts on FreeBSD which =20 will unexpectedly break on other Unixes. Alex. ----- Message from delphij@gmail.com --------- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 00:33:43 -0700 From: Xin LI Subject: Re: svn commit: r220250 - in stable/8: bin/test =20 tools/regression/bin/test To: Alexey Dokuchaev Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, =20 src-committers@freebsd.org, Xin LI , =20 svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org > 2011/4/1 Alexey Dokuchaev : >> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 06:23:44PM +0000, Xin LI wrote: >>> =A0 Accept =3D=3D as an alias of =3D which is a popular GNU extension. >>> >>> =A0 This is intentionally undocumented for now since it's not part >>> =A0 of any standard. >> >> I thought general consensus that this change should never be part of >> FreeBSD, not just being undocumented (which, as we all know, is bad >> practice pe se). > > This have been discussed in -standards@ and have been settled for more > than 1 month, there were two developers asked me after the commit but > nobody asked for a revert (so far), so I don't think it's general > consensus that this change should not be part of FreeBSD. Being > undocumented means we do not encourage its use. > > I think there is good reason to add this extension for compatibility > reasons, plus it does not break anything. > > So did I missed some discussion about why it's a bad move? > > Cheers, > -- > Xin LI http://www.delphij.net > _______________________________________________ > svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-stable-8 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-stable-8-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > ----- End message from delphij@gmail.com ----- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D # _ __ _ __ http://www.nagilum.org/ \n icq://69646724 # # / |/ /__ ____ _(_) /_ ____ _ nagilum@nagilum.org \n +491776461165 # # / / _ `/ _ `/ / / // / ' \ Amiga (68k/PPC): AOS/NetBSD/Linux # # /_/|_/\_,_/\_, /_/_/\_,_/_/_/_/ Mac (PPC): MacOS-X / Linux / MacOS-X # # /___/ x86: FreeBSD/Linux/Solaris/Win2k ARM9: EPOC EV6 # =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ---------------------------------------------------------------- cakebox.homeunix.net - all the machine one needs..