Re: [bug-grep] Plan for grep

[Claudio Fontana]

My 2c on some part of plan before returning to
oblivion until Monday. No comment on utf-8 since I
lack knowledge.

--- Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2.5.2
> =====
> Besides that, I can do some changes in the
> infrastructure, so that
> I can "breathe":
> 
> 1) rewrite the configure.in script, perhaps also
> Makefile.am

While we are at it, we could move to configure.ac,
since they say it's "preferred"?

http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.57/html_chapter/autoconf_3.html#SEC7

> 2) set up for gnulib-tool --import

Great. Beware lib/savedir.c:savedir() [I know,
redundant]

> Independently, I'd like to see
> 7) some _minimal_ cleanup of the grep(), grepdir(),
> recursion

I put that up as patch #3823. I think it is really
minimal this time.

> and fix --directories=read

See patch #3812

> 2.6.x
> =====
> The following should go here:
> [...]
>  - fixes for -P,

I am working on this. If someone already knows pcre
internals and wants to give a hand I would be glad.

>  - heavy refactoring.

I think Charles and me agreed on sharing this one, me
coming from above (grep.c and neighborhood) and him
from below (search.c and neighborhood).

My part is under patch #3797.

Claudio



                
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