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Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME
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David Levine |
Subject: |
Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME |
Date: |
Thu, 2 Feb 2023 05:00:42 -0800 |
Ralph wrote:
> The behaviour cannot solidify further. :-) It's clear, determinate,
> predictable, and simple to document.
Those qualities can be true for the 1.7 behaviour.
> I thought RCn+1 was meant to be minimal differences from RCn?
If there's an RC3, the only code difference would be for this issue.
> That's why Andy Bradford's POP3 patch is post 1.8.
There's a key difference between the $HOME change and Andy's POP3
patch: the behaviour has already, prior to 1.8 final release,
changed from 1.7 for the former but not the latter.
> Switching the behaviour of
> a set-but-empty HOME now seems significant given some value for HOME
> must be chosen.
1.8 hasn't been released yet. I think that we owe users consistent
behaviour from 1.7 to 1.8 unless clearly documented.
> And will mean another round of testing by others on top of your time.
I appreciate your consideration of that but I think that we need to
resolve the consistency issue. In any case, a new test and man page
update are called for.
And my feeling at this point is to put out an RC3 with the 1.7 behavior
for $HOME.
David
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Ralph Corderoy, 2023/02/01
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Ralph Corderoy, 2023/02/01
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Ken Hornstein, 2023/02/01
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- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Robert Elz, 2023/02/01
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Ralph Corderoy, 2023/02/01
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- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Ralph Corderoy, 2023/02/02
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, David Levine, 2023/02/02
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, David Levine, 2023/02/02
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Alexander Zangerl, 2023/02/02
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, David Levine, 2023/02/02
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, Ralph Corderoy, 2023/02/03
- Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME, David Levine, 2023/02/03