Re: How ready is findutils 4.3.x for use as a "stable" release?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to James Youngman on 8/20/2007 5:15 AM: > > I think my personal preference would be to make a 4.4.0 "stable" > release, and merge Leslie's changes into a new "development" release > 4.5.x. But this approach only works if the 4.3.x code is

Re: How ready is findutils 4.3.x for use as a "stable" release?

On 8/20/07, Dmitry V. Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 12:15:33PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: > [...] > > I think my personal preference would be to make a 4.4.0 "stable" > > release, and merge Leslie's changes into a new "development" release > > 4.5.x. > > +1 > I have t

Re: How ready is findutils 4.3.x for use as a "stable" release?

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 12:15:33PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: [...] > I think my personal preference would be to make a 4.4.0 "stable" > release, and merge Leslie's changes into a new "development" release > 4.5.x. +1 I have to maintain an "old stable" 4.2.x package for a while, though. -- ld

Re: How ready is findutils 4.3.x for use as a "stable" release?

> I think my personal preference would be to make a 4.4.0 "stable" > release, and merge Leslie's changes into a new "development" release > 4.5.x. But this approach only works if the 4.3.x code is stable > enough to form the basis of a new stable release. Sounds sensible. I haven't kept track

How ready is findutils 4.3.x for use as a "stable" release?

All, Following the Google Summer of Code, we have a number of significant functional changes queued up for merging into findutils. These include: 1. Better support for systems that tell you the value of ARG_MAX but then don't honour command lines of that length. 2. Support in find for various

Re: updatedb: Spaces in {local,prune,net}paths

On 6/8/07, James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > AFAICS there's no way to have directory names with spaces in the > > mentioned paths. > > > > Shall we define one? > > I'm generally in favour. > > If we make a change here I'd pre

Re: Possible correction to find manual

On 8/20/07, Reuben Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Node: Single File > > "Any command lines which have been built by `-exec ... \+' or `-execdir ... > \+' are invoked before the program is executed." > > Should "executed" be "exited"? D'oh!Thanks for the correction. Yes, you are right.