[OE-core] [PATCH] coreutils: revert upstream commit causing havoc with ls output

Olof Johansson olof.johansson at axis.com
Tue May 24 07:35:54 UTC 2016


On 16-05-23 14:09 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > On 16-05-20 20:02 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > > Several large distros are voting with their feet and actively
> > > reverting the change, as per what can be seen above for Debian.
> > 
> > To me, it sounds like you're saying that the Debian maintainer is
> > actively taking a stand against upstream, but the changelog makes
> > it sound more like a temporary thing.
> 
> I did write "... it doesn't appear that the coreutils folks are going
> to change the default back to the old way..."

What I lack from the (OE) commit message is that this should be
something temporary, just like in Debian. Instead, you write that
Debian "voted with their feet", when in fact, this is a
maintainer decision out of practical considerations. (As can be
understood from the debian/changelog.)

-- 
olofjn



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