* [9front] 'date -m': remove? @ 2021-08-11 22:26 ori 2021-08-12 5:41 ` Alex Musolino 2021-08-12 14:10 ` Stanley Lieber 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: ori @ 2021-08-11 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9front The '-m' flag was added to date largely to support git scripts. It predates the tmdate code, which is why it exists, but it's a recent enough addition that nothing I'm aware of uses it, other than git. I'd like to remove it, since 'date -f' covers its functionality completely. Any objections? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9front] 'date -m': remove? 2021-08-11 22:26 [9front] 'date -m': remove? ori @ 2021-08-12 5:41 ` Alex Musolino 2021-08-12 14:10 ` Stanley Lieber 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Alex Musolino @ 2021-08-12 5:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9front > Any objections? Just so you don't get complete silence (which could be mistaken for the list not working): sounds good to me. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9front] 'date -m': remove? 2021-08-11 22:26 [9front] 'date -m': remove? ori 2021-08-12 5:41 ` Alex Musolino @ 2021-08-12 14:10 ` Stanley Lieber 2021-08-13 5:28 ` ori 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Stanley Lieber @ 2021-08-12 14:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9front i don’t seem to have any scripts using date -m. no objection to removing it. sl > On Aug 11, 2021, at 10:07 PM, ori@eigenstate.org wrote: > > The '-m' flag was added to date largely > to support git scripts. It predates the > tmdate code, which is why it exists, but > it's a recent enough addition that nothing > I'm aware of uses it, other than git. > > I'd like to remove it, since 'date -f' > covers its functionality completely. > > Any objections? > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9front] 'date -m': remove? 2021-08-12 14:10 ` Stanley Lieber @ 2021-08-13 5:28 ` ori 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: ori @ 2021-08-13 5:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9front Quoth Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>: > i don’t seem to have any scripts using date -m. no objection to removing it. > > sl > It's gone. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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