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Date:      Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:54:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>, Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls ls.c 
Message-ID:  <199908231554.LAA21723@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <46140.935393402@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
References:  <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990823085406.27596L-100000@elect8> <46140.935393402@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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<<On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:30:02 +0200, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> said:

> It appears to have been wise to hold off on an MFC, because Chris
> Costello has raised an objection to my violation of the OpenGroup Single
> UNIX specification.

Slavish adherence to this specification is not worth the miniscule
gain -- particularly when some of the things it requires are
completely bogus.  In this project we at least try to do the
objectively Right Thing even if the Wrong Thing has been standardized.

-GAWollman

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MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA|                     - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick


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