Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:02:18 -0600 From: Chris Howey <howeyc@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysutils/parallel maintainer: looking for guidance Message-ID: <CAFhfEUZ8j0Zw5GO=2a1n5UrGMtdXa0Qe2Q%2B5fbqb_3ku8x1M0A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFhfEUbuYsT9JCBG6tNeRVJGCcncZCx6m4nZWa-quh1wW5Kvag@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFhfEUbuYsT9JCBG6tNeRVJGCcncZCx6m4nZWa-quh1wW5Kvag@mail.gmail.com>
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On 25 November 2013 18:54, Chris Howey <howeyc@gmail.com> wrote: > The latest version of parallel (20131122) has added a "Please use the > below reference to cite parallel" notice that prints a few lines of output > to stderr when it runs. > > User action is required to stop this notice from appearing upon every > invocation (by running "parallel --bibtex" once). > > My concern is that anyone currently running automated scripts using > parallel may be caught off guard by this, should I keep it anyway, or > comment it out in a patch? > > Maybe a pkg-message, or a note in UPDATING, or is it even worth worrying > about? > I received a reply from the upstream author echoing what Matthias said ( http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2013-November/088067.html), mentioning he made efforts to have the notice only appear when run from a terminal. If anyone's curious I'm not going to make any modifications regarding the notice.
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