Re: [Bug-wget] wget2.0 / niwt / refactoring

[Tim Ruehsen]

Am Thursday 16 August 2012 schrieb Paul Wratt:
> just a note  (and observation)
> 
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Tim Ruehsen <address@hidden> wrote:
> > You can find millions of examples and references using the wget 1.x in
> > the internet, in printed articles, etc. To not break all these examples,
> > wget 2 should be backward compatibel with wget 1.x.
> 
> the current wget v1.x already breaks compatibility with "millions of
> examples and references using the wget 1.x". This goes as far back as
> 1.13.

> the options are still there, but some of the defaults are not, and in
> some cases, certain combinations are no longer possible (as I have
> mentioned before.. with no reply)

> so at the current stand point v1.12 is the only version of wget that
> can be used 100% reliably with "millions of examples and references
> using the wget 1.x"
> 

Your are talking about
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2011-11/msg00017.html

From your post I really can't see a general "wget >=1.13 breaks millions of 
wget < 1.13 examples".

You might help us (and yourself) by reducing your command line to the most 
simple case. How should we know (just from reading your post) if --restrict-
file-names isn't the baddy ? Answer: We (maybe) have to test lots of 
combinations of your command options... something that you could have done.

The simpler your case, the higher the chance of getting a response or someone 
writing a patch. This is absolute basic when reporting issues to anyone.

Tim