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Re: FreeBSD port (52): platform dependent utmp comparison
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, Bruno Haible <bruno at clisp dot org>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 00:28:28 +0200
- Subject: Re: FreeBSD port (52): platform dependent utmp comparison
- References: <200209202214.g8KME1W07096@magilla.sf.frob.com> <3D8BA052.4060203@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 03:25:22PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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> > Your opinion on this does not matter. Only the opinions of lawyers matter.
> > Many years ago the FSF laywer at the time said to follow the conventions
> > I've said.
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> That's bullshit. I'm not making the code less readable. The two digit
> notation is a US thing. Almost nobody else uses it. It therefore
> cannot be acceptable.
Is there any reason why the Copyright years cannot line-wrap?
Say:
/* Copyright (C) 1939, 1951, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
That would be IMHO nicer than removing the spaces or two digit years.
Jakub