From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bastet.se.axis.com (bastet.se.axis.com [195.60.68.11]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82C5B60721 for ; Tue, 24 May 2016 07:35:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bastet.se.axis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0AB61814E; Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at bastet.se.axis.com Received: from bastet.se.axis.com ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bastet.se.axis.com [::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 0vjPw4egxeEx; Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from boulder.se.axis.com (boulder.se.axis.com [10.0.2.104]) by bastet.se.axis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41F701814A; Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from boulder.se.axis.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postfix.imss71 (Postfix) with ESMTP id 249011ABD; Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from thoth.se.axis.com (thoth.se.axis.com [10.0.2.173]) by boulder.se.axis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C4717AA; Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lnxolofjn.se.axis.com (lnxolofjn.se.axis.com [10.92.17.1]) by thoth.se.axis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1665EDF4; Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: by lnxolofjn.se.axis.com (Postfix, from userid 20466) id EBA4C9C09F; Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 09:35:54 +0200 From: Olof Johansson To: Paul Gortmaker Message-ID: <20160524073554.GS21318@axis.com> References: <1463788963-31316-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> <20160521101858.GP21318@axis.com> <20160523180908.GE27984@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160523180908.GE27984@windriver.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] coreutils: revert upstream commit causing havoc with ls output X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 07:35:50 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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