Re: [announce] execline-2.5.0.0

["John O'Meara" <john.fr.omeara-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 8:06 AM John O'Meara <john.fr.omeara-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> While I initially didn't like the 2.4 name changes, perhaps I (and others)
> just need tinge to get used too it.


that should have been "time", not "tinge". The perils of writing email on a
phone :-(

Perhaps it would be useful to have a period of time where the old names are
> used for the programs and the new names are symlinks to the old names?
> Existing scripts would still work while we experiment with the new naming
> convention.
>
> --
> John O'Meara
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 6:39 AM Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware-csDn2i8iPApAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>   Hello,
>>   execline-2.5.0.0 is out.
>>
>>   It is with a very heavy heart that I must do this release.
>>   User reports have come in by the hundreds and they are almost
>> unanimous (sorry, Colin): they don't like the 2.4.0.0 change,
>> pretending it hurts readability (as if), and writability too,
>> of execline scripts. (What? People were actually writing execline
>> scripts? Why haven't I heard of them before yesterday?)
>>   They want a revert to the old syntax.
>>
>>   Users. They never know what they want. They can't be happy. Give them
>> what they ask for and they immediately start complaining about the
>> opposite of what they were complaining before. They're a plague on
>> software authors everywhere. I swear, computer programming would be
>> so much easier if there were no users at all!
>>
>>   But since programming is about being a slave to your users, I hear
>> them, and I submit. I'm reverting the change introduced in 2.4.0.0.
>> execline commands will keep the names they had in 2.3.0.4 and previous
>> versions.
>>
>>   I'm such a misunderstood genius.
>>
>>   The main difference between 2.3.0.4 and 2.5.0.0, though, is that
>> the "import" command has been removed. From 2.5.0.0 on, execline and
>> ImageMagick should not conflict anymore. Make sure your execline
>> scripts have been converted to using "importas"!
>>
>>   https://skarnet.org/software/execline/
>>   git://git.skarnet.org/execline
>>
>>   Enjoy,
>>   Bug-reports welcome.
>>
>> --
>>   Laurent
>>
>>