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Re: [PATCH 3/7] use gnulib to print --help and --version
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Karl Berry |
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Re: [PATCH 3/7] use gnulib to print --help and --version |
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Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:49:03 -0700 |
>> +#define PROGRAM_NAME "hello"
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> Since in our case it's the same as the package name, can't you use that
> here, and avoid duplicating the string "hello"?
I have feeling that might give wrong impression as an example.
Anything in GNU hello is being implicitly recommended for general use.
Normally, GNU packages have no need to deal with a special g-prefix.
Therefore IMHO it is (much) better to omit the redundancy.
k
- [PATCH 1/7] remove unnecessary code from GNU Hello, (continued)
[PATCH 5/7] demonstrate how to add information to a manual page, Sami Kerola, 2013/12/30
[PATCH 4/7] use standard error printing facilities, Sami Kerola, 2013/12/30
[PATCH 7/7] update NLS file sources, Sami Kerola, 2013/12/30
[PATCH 6/7] update gnulib, Sami Kerola, 2013/12/30
Re: [PATCH 0/7] pull: changes before release 2.10, Reuben Thomas, 2013/12/31