On Mon, Apr 2, 2018, 8:06 AM John O'Meara 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 > 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 >> >>