Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/04/05/02:28:58
Hi All...
I too would favor that the d2u and u2d just do what I say.
Failing that, instead of --force, could we use
--please-o-please-convert-this-file-i-really-mean-it
perhaps the I should be capitalized.
Thanks,
...Karl
>From: Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm>
>To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>Subject: Re: Bogus assumption prevents d2u/u2d/conv/etal working on mixed
>files.
>Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 00:32:36 -0400
>
>David Fritz wrote:
>>You guys are missing the point. Charles Wilson mentioned a side effect of
>>the code at issue in the original post and suggested that it was valuable.
>
>I think there is some misunderstanding about the cygutils package. I did
>not write any of it.(*) I do not defend any of the design decisions that
>were made by the original coders; it's no skin off my nose -- so comments
>like "It should according to the thinking in this thread." fail to move me
>-- except as a data point that GVanSickle really REALLY dislikes the
>current behavior.<g>
>
>(*) Well, maybe the hexdump program or the silly ascii chart, but it's been
>so long I don't remember anymore.
>
>
>The d2u/u2d progs were some code I thought, back in the dawn of time, would
>be useful on the cygwin platform -- at least *I* had need of a dos2unix
>converter all the time. So I found the code, adapted it, and put it in my
>"kit", which was called the "misc" package back then.
>
>Now, I remember, when first porting the code for cygwin, wondering WHY it
>did certain things certain ways -- especially the "check the first line and
>bail out" stuff. All I could figure, at the time, were the two reasons I
>posted in this thread.
>
>I never said I agree with those reasons -- personally, I hate 'rm -i' and
>the like. But *I am not willing* to unilaterally change behavior of tools
>that may adversely affect users, without a damn good reason. Unfortunately,
>"it offends a single user's sensibilities" -- even mine -- doesn't quite
>rise to that level.
>
>And THAT's why I asked for more discussion. I'm getting the feeling that a
>preponderance of users -- at least, the ones actually responding to this
>thread -- dislike the current behavior, or at least wouldn't mind a change
>away from the current Microsoft-Bob-like behavior. I'd like to see what
>some other users, who haven't yet stated their opinions, have to say...
>
>--
>Chuck
>
>
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