Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 03:13:41 -0700 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Alexander <freebsd@nagilum.org> Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r220250 - in stable/8: bin/test tools/regression/bin/test Message-ID: <BANLkTi=YU39t6gWj5NzODq_g=jgdT4httA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110402115336.37394ztrsha7r58o@cakebox.homeunix.net> References: <201104011823.p31INiHv055195@svn.freebsd.org> <20110402015552.GA32901@FreeBSD.org> <BANLkTinubz%2B00HneNukiuZTeOMXfu0=JtQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110402115336.37394ztrsha7r58o@cakebox.homeunix.net>
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2011/4/2 Alexander <freebsd@nagilum.org>: > The downside is that one may end up writing scripts on FreeBSD which will > unexpectedly break on other Unixes. Do we consider having someone else's script 'unexpectedly' break on FreeBSD as a better thing then? I think if we want FreeBSD to serve as a standard validator, it's better to hide such behavior under things like a POSIXLY_CORRECT umbrella. > ----- Message from delphij@gmail.com --------- > Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 00:33:43 -0700 > From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: svn commit: r220250 - in stable/8: bin/test > tools/regression/bin/test > To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> > Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, > src-committers@freebsd.org, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org>, > svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org > > >> 2011/4/1 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>: >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 06:23:44PM +0000, Xin LI wrote: >>>> >>>> Accept == as an alias of = which is a popular GNU extension. >>>> >>>> This is intentionally undocumented for now since it's not part >>>> 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 <delphij@delphij.net> 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.org" >> > > > ----- End message from delphij@gmail.com ----- > > > > ======================================================================== > # _ __ _ __ 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 # > ======================================================================== > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > cakebox.homeunix.net - all the machine one needs.. > -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.nethelp
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