bug#17246: grep-2.19 planning

[arnold]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

> ..., as would a simple C file whose main 
> function uses execlp to run the grep executable.

Except on platforms that don't *have* execlp...

I really think that moving to shell scripts is just making more
work for yourselves:

- Users without a shell are going to be suprised / upset and are
  going to complain.

- You wil have to spend time dealing with these bug reports and emails.

- You're planning to eventually do something for a C program anyway to
  undo the shell scripts.

Why not revert the change, or use the new code from Norihiro, and avoid
the headaches all around?

Then do another clean-up release after that.  The urgency to release
RIGHT NOW seems to be self-induced, at least to me, looking in from the
outside.

'nuff said.

Arnold