> > https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/pull/2 > > The change itself won't make it into upstream code:
The foremost reason to reject this change is that it combines two distinct changes in the same patch. 1) The platforms linux*. "Linux" vs. "GNU/Linux". This discussion goes back to 1995. The arguments like "Change the string to 'BSD/Oracle/Microsoft/Redhat/ISC/Apache/MIT/GNU/Linux'" were already heard back then. You may not like the outcome of this discussion, but there is no need to revive it 22 years later. 2) The platforms kfreebsd*-gnu, knetbsd*-gnu, netbsd*-gnu*. These platforms have their home pages here: https://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/index.en.html https://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/index.en.html As you can see they do have "GNU/" in their name. > a) the output of 'uname -o' is very probably often used in scripts > to detect the current platform. Any change will definitely break > a lots (if not all) of them. I don't think many scripts use "uname -o". Most scripts use "uname -s" or "uname -sr". Nevertheless, even if there are few such scripts, it's no good to break them without good reason. Bruno
