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bug#25707: [PATCH] grep: don't forcefully strip carriage returns
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#25707: [PATCH] grep: don't forcefully strip carriage returns |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:08:33 +0200 |
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:45:43 -0800
>
> On 02/16/2017 09:26 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > It seems to me that when one bumps into some code which looks
> > incorrect or less than optimal, and one considers its replacement with
> > a more clever code,
>
> No, that's not it. The idea was to simplify maintenance for the GNU
> case, perhaps at some cost to MS-Windows users, but they are lower
> priority so it is OK.
I'm saying these changes lose features for those users. I'm well
aware that their needs are of a very low priority to you. I just
don't want people to think that the new code is equivalent to the old
one, when it isn't.