Hi Joey, Thanks for your report and sorry for taking so long to reply.
On 2009-12-14 at 20:52:39 +0100, Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: inotail > Version: 0.5-1 > Severity: normal > > Tail uses inotify as of coreutils 7.5. So either this package is > no longer useful, or it has some other features that tail lacks. I think there is still a use for coreutils in systems where one does not want coreutils, e.g. some embedded systems. I know of some users who use it that way. Also the popcon count show that 478 users (as of today) at least still have it installed on their system. > Either way, the current description is misleading, since it > implies that tail doesn't use inotify. Though I don't really think the description implies coreutils tail does not support tail. But FWIW I'll remove the mentioning of coreutils alltogether from the description or replace it with a notice about coreutils now using inotify. Thanks, Tobias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
