> From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:44:32 -0600 > Cc: [email protected] > > Paul Eggert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ..., as would a simple C file whose main > > function uses execlp to run the grep executable. > > Except on platforms that don't *have* execlp... > > I really think that moving to shell scripts is just making more > work for yourselves: > > - Users without a shell are going to be suprised / upset and are > going to complain. > > - You wil have to spend time dealing with these bug reports and emails. > > - You're planning to eventually do something for a C program anyway to > undo the shell scripts. > > Why not revert the change, or use the new code from Norihiro, and avoid > the headaches all around? > > Then do another clean-up release after that. The urgency to release > RIGHT NOW seems to be self-induced, at least to me, looking in from the > outside. > > 'nuff said.
Hear, hear.
