On 02/13/2012 01:54 PM, Peng Yu wrote: >> Can't you already do this with awk? > > This is not a very useful comment.
Take things on this list as discussion, rather than a mandate. We're all very open here. > Everything that coreutils do can be > done with some other software. Since 'join' can do 1 field join, it is > natural to ask for multiple field join. After all, people use > coreutils for its convenience in certain aspects. Why not make it more > convenient? Sure. There is always a trade-off in adding new logic. Extra docs for users to parse, and extra code to maintain, etc. Discussion, is needed to aid decisions. > The current working flow in coreutils is like from the stone age, > while many other open source projects use more advanced dvcs like > github or bitbucket. > > I had tried to send some patch before. Besides the above mentioned > inconvenience, I have to get my signature from GNU office, which they > never reply my email. > > If coreutils wants me people to contribute, the patching/submission > processes must be improved. The current process is way inconvenience > for new contributors. The last assignment was completed in a few days. Could you perhaps follow up with copyright-cl...@fsf.org in case something got lost along the way? cheers, Pádraig.
